Asthma Trigger - What is it, How Does it Happen?

Asthma Trigger - What is it, How Does it Happen

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Read this easy explanation of what an Asthma Trigger is and spot how to recognize yours. There is always a reason for an asthma attack. It may appear to strike at random, but that is never the case.

Something triggers it off, every time. Akin to an allergy, when you come into contact with a certain component, your airways narrow and breathing becomes difficult. Asthma, as with allergy, varies from person to person so you have to find out what you can tolerate and what your trigger is. This may be easily identified or you may have to look for clues - so, come on detective!

Asthma triggers are all over the place but not all of them will affect you. If you are lucky, there will only be one. Begin by keeping an asthma diary, noting the conditions under which an attack occurs.

Let us say you are prone to attacks at your home. Common household triggers are dust, hair from pets, dead skin, bathroom mold and revolting as it sounds, cockroaches. Are you more likely to have an asthma attack during or after vacuuming? During or after a visit to the bathroom? Somewhere cockroaches hang out? Then go on to check for paint fumes, cigarette smoke (even side stream smoke), perfume, air freshener, furniture polish, fire-proofing chemicals, etc.

Note in the diary everything you eat and drink, bringing in as much detail as possible, e.g., was that nice piece of fish you had covered in batter or bread crumbs? Did you have milk in your coffee? I know this all sounds like a pain, but it will help to liberate you, the effort is short term and well worth it.

Another entry for the diary is the outdoor environmental factor. You can control what you eat, dust, mold and cockroaches in your home - but outside is different and varies considerably from hour to hour. Pollution, fumes from car exhausts, bonfire smoke, pollen, cold air, insect bites could all be a potential asthma trigger. Is your asthma seasonal? Could it even be associated with emotional stress? Include emotions and outings in the diary.

Pretty soon you will see a pattern emerge, enabling you to minimize the risk of an asthma attack and so predictably improve the quality of your life.

Should you wish to join a program, your doctor may give you allergy shots over the course of a few years to slowly build up your defences against the trigger. Alternatively, you could explore some natural treatments and look up a website with an alternative solution about how to cure asthma the natural way. Chances are, you won't hear about this anywhere else because it reduces dependency on asthma drugs and, therefore, it isn't in the interest of pharmaceutical companies that you know about this.

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