Bronchial Asthma

Long- Term Respiratory Dysfunction: Asthma is a chronic disease involving the airways in the lungs. These airways, or bronchial tubes, allow air to come in and out of the lungs. If you have asthma your airways are always inflamed. They become even more swollen and the muscles around the airways can tighten when something triggers your symptoms. This makes it difficult for air to move in and out of the lungs, causing symptoms such as coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath and/or chest tightness.

Definition:

A chronic inflammatory disorder of the airway (trachea, bronchi, & bronchioles) characterized by attacks of wheezy breathlessness, sometimes on exertion, sometimes at rest, sometimes mild, sometimes severe. OR Bronchial asthma is a chronic, diffuse, obstructive lung disease that causes wide-spread narrowing of the tracheobronchial tree and is characterized by:

• Hyperreactivity of the airways to a various stimuli.
• Acute exacerbations of varying degrees of  severity.
• A high degree of reversibility of the obstructive process either spontaneously or as result of treatment.

Predisposing factors for occurrence of asthma. Lower airway hypersensitivity to:

• Allergens as e.g.: pollens, air pollution, and dust.
• Irritants as e.g.: Tobacco smoke, and sprays.
• Exercise.
• Temperature or weather changes.
• Exposure to infection.
• Animals as: e.g.: cats, dogs, rodents, horses.
• Strong emotions as: e.g.: fear, laughing.
• Food as e.g.: Nuts, chocolate, milk.
• Medication as e.g.: Aspirin.

Clinical manifestations:

• A-General manifestations:
• The classical manifestations are: dyspnea, wheezing, & cough.
• The episode of asthma is usually begins with the child feeling irritable & increasingly restless. Asthmatic child may complain headache, feeling tired, & chest tightness.

Therapeutic management:

Allergic control to prevent attacks

Childhood Asthma  impacts millions of children and their families. In fact, the majority of children who develop asthma do so before the age of five. The cure for asthma,is only possible with Homoepathy if proper homoepathic treatment shall be taken for longer period. Properly diagnosis and a treatment of Asthma is  planed  with homoeopathic medicines quality of life will improve.

People with a family history of allergies or asthma are more prone to developing asthma. Many people with asthma also have allergies  This is called allergic asthma occupational asthma  is caused by inhaling fumes, gases, dust or other potentially harmful substances while on the job.