Asthma is a chronic disease that cannot be cured. But medicines and lifestyle changes can help control the symptoms. One way to help relieve asthma is to avoid things in the environment that make symptoms worse. A number of types of medicines are also used to treat asthma. Most work by opening the lung airways and reducing inflammation. The medicines used to treat asthma fall into two groups: quick-relief and long-term control.
You can control your asthma and avoid an attack by taking your medicine as prescribed and by avoiding the triggers that can cause an attack. It is important that you remove those triggers in your environment which make your asthma worse. Medicine for asthma is different for each person. It can be inhaled or taken as a pill and comes in two types—quick-relief and long-term control. Quick-relief (rescue) medicines provide immediate relief of symptoms that cause an asthma attack. If you are using your quick-relief medicines more and more you should visit your health-care provider to change your asthma management plan. Long-term (control) medicines prevent an asthma attack from occurring or control airway inflammation, but they don’t help you if you’re having an attack. Asthma medicine can have side effects. Most are mild and go away on their own. Ask your health-care provider about the side effects of your medicines. Remember to take your long-term control medicine even when you don’t hav
You can control your asthma and avoid an attack by taking your medicine exactly as your health-care provider tells you to do and by avoiding things that can cause an attack. Not everyone with asthma takes the same medicine. Some medicines can be inhaled, or breathed in, and some can be taken as a pill. Asthma medicines come in two typesquick-relief and long-term control. Quick-relief medicines control the symptoms of an asthma attack. If you need to use your quick-relief medicines more and more, you should visit your health-care provider to see if you need a different medicine. Long-term control medicines help you have fewer and milder attacks, but they dont help you if youre having an asthma attack. Asthma medicines can have side effects, but most side effects are mild and soon go away. Ask your health-care provider about the side effects of your medicines. The important thing to remember is that you can control your asthma. With your health-care providers help, make your own asthma m
Medication can come in the form of inhalers and tablets, although currently inhalers are more common. An inhaler ensures that very small amounts of medication are delivered directly into the lungs. There are a variety of inhalers available. It is important that you use a device that you are comfortable with and can use properly. Your doctor or nurse will advise you on the most appropriate device and should demonstrate how to use it correctly. There are two main types of asthma medication: 1.Reliever medication Reliever inhalers are usually blue colored. They act by opening up the airways causing the muscles to relax and therefore allowing you to breathe more easily. The reliever should only be used when the symptoms of asthma appear or, if recommended, before exercise. They do not reduce the inflammation in the airways. If you need to use your reliever more than once a day or 3-4 times per week this suggests that there is a degree of inflammation in your airways that requires preventer