Asthma Questions

Lindsay asked:


Both of my brothers have asthma, but they started having it when they were about 11 or 12 years old. My dad used to smoke in the house all the time. Can this cause a person to have asthma?

Matt asked:


I once had an asthma attack when I was in 2nd grade. I am 17 now and thinking about the AFA. I still need an inhaler whenever I exercise. How will this affect my consideration for acception? Anyone had any experience in this area?

Bronchodilators are among the fastest selling drugs in the global healthcare market. Now that won’t come as a surprise considering the rate of prevalence for asthma. Today, over 300 million people worldwide suffer from this chronic respiratory disease and in the United States alone, expenses for asthma medications reached more than $6 million in 2007. Meanwhile, clinical studies have confirmed the risks pertinent to the extended use of long-acting bronchodilators, which include increased hospitalization and asthma-related deaths among asthma patients. Despite FDA mandate for adequate black box warnings in their packages, the risks of negative reactions prevail. If only an alternative medicine for asthma and respiratory conditions is available, then we wouldn’t have to contend with these severe side effects.

But then there are in fact a number of herbs and natural remedies recognized in the practice of alternative medicine for their therapeutic effects on the lungs and the bronchioles, as well as for their tonic benefits on the respiratory tract and the immune system. The volatile oils, flavonoids and glycoside compounds occurring in the medicinal extracts of the Matricaria Recutita provide excellent support to the routine functions of the lungs and the entire respiratory system. The herb is typically used as a component of herbal remedies formulated for the treatment of respiratory conditions.

Meanwhile, biochemic tissue salts are popularly administered in homeopathic medicine to restore easy breathing and ease the airways, among other medicinal purposes. Tissue salts such as the Kali Phos or the nerve nutrient facilitates breathing while Mag Phos or the nerve relaxant sustains the upkeep of open chests and bronchioles. Other homeopathic ingredients employed for respiratory ailments include the Arsen Alb which is administered for asthmatic conditions and Phosphorous that boosts the healthy intake of oxygen with the airways and the lungs.

It would be rather easy to get confused with the extensive lineup of herbal and homeopathic substances used in the treatment of asthma and related illnesses. Nonetheless, if the intent is to obtain holistic asthma relief that is deemed free from the severe side effects of bronchodilators and even controller drugs, alternative medicine for asthma and other respiratory conditions is now available in the market for this purpose. Also called herbal remedies or herbal supplements, alternative treatments such as the BioVent Drops are formulated from a combination of select herbal and homeopathic ingredients designed to enhance lung and respiratory tract health. Tissue salts on the other hand ease the bronchi and the respiratory tract to promote easy breathing. These are medicinal properties that are now easily available in respiratory herbal supplements such as the Triple Complex Bronchosoothe.

Use respiratory herbal supplements in combination with prescription drugs or as an alternative medicine for asthma to naturally treat asthmatic conditions and restore regular breathing as well.

By: Bruce Maul

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aes011 asked:


Can someone be fired from work because of Asthma? Or would it be covered under the American Disabilities Act?

Mariah S asked:


I have excersized enduced asthma, but lately I have had trouble breathing when i get stressed, when my allergies act up, and sometimes just in random times. Is it possible for my asthma to have become more serious?

Isis asked:


I want the name of the type of asthma that is triggered only after getting a cold (in adults)

karen h asked:


I know that the military does not allow you to serve if you have been diagnosed wit any type of asthma. I have heard that the police force might be more lenient or they don’t view it as a disqualification. anybody have more info on the subject?

Benino asked:


When I was 1, my parents to me to the top of a mountain in Georgia. I fainted due to oxygen deprivation. I was taken down hurriedly and recovered.

But to this day I have had asthma. Not serious, but nevertheless it is there. Could it have been caused by this episode when I was so young?

me asked:


and my soon to be husband in a week will be moveing his dog in to are new place. My asthma is realy bad I am on a breathing machine that I have to breath medicine from like albuterol and pulmicort. I take advair, clarinex, singulair,uniphyl that controls asthma, and sometimes I have to take prednisone. I explained to my man my asthma is very bad and he seems heart broken to get rid of the dog am I wrong for suggesting it? I take so much meds now and am afraid if we have the dog I will get worse.

Mrs. Spock asked:


I just bought one because I heard that it was a good natural remedy for asthma. But now I’m not quite sure what to do with it. I put it next to my bed at night so it is an inch or two from my face. I also take off the leaves and breathe it in.