Shocking Asthma Facts You Can't Ignore

If you are battling with asthma then you know the best way to manage or control your asthma is by using inhalers and steroids.   But have you ever thought about the side effects of all those drugs you are putting in your body?  They do help control or manage your symptoms but what are they doing to your health?  I'm going to share some shocking facts about your conventional asthma medication that you can't and shouldn't ignore.

Conventional asthma drug treatment used for short periods of time can quickly relieve asthma symptoms and save lives in an emergency but used for long periods of time can cause irreversible damage to your health.  The longer you use these conventional drugs for asthma the greater the risk of serious side effects.

Let's look at the shocking side effects of your asthma medication.  There are two types of asthma:

Understanding Asthma

There is an epidemic of asthma in our country and around the world.  Historically, most people got asthma when they were a child and therefore knew about it as adults.  But now a lot of people are getting asthma for the first time as adults.

A good understanding of the basics will help you try to figure out what you can do to help yourself win this battle against your asthma.

Q:  What is Asthma?

A:  Let me explain what is going on in your body when you have an asthma attack.  Asthma is the number one chronic respiratory disease in North America.  It is a disease of the lungs.  People with asthma wheeze because when they are experiencing an attack, the tubes inside their lungs that deliver air, known as bronchi, become inflamed.  When this happens, the muscles of the bronchial walls tighten and extra mucus is produced, causing the airway to narrow.  The severity of the attack can vary from slight wheezing to life-threatening.  These obstructive changes leave very little room for air to get through.  Trying to breathe when this is occurring is like trying to breathe with a pillow over your face.  To make matters worse, people with asthma get an airway inflammation that produces more mucus, which can lead to even more airway obstruction—a vicious cycle that continues, usually until some medication is administered.