Asthma Treatment

If you have suffered from an asthma attack you know first hand how much stress and panic it brings.  Asthma treatments are designed to help you keep yourself safe and avoid asthma attacks, these treatments involve avoiding the attack triggers and using medications.

Asthma medications include long-term control medications, and others used for quick relief.  Not all of them work as good for a variety of people so it is possible that you’ll have to try different medications until you find the one that works better for you.

Long-term Asthma Medications

These are medications that need to be taken every day, they include: Inhaled corticosteroids, beta-2 agonists, leukotriene modifiers and theophylline.

Quick-relief Medications

These are used to find quick relief like in the case of an asthma attack; your doctor may also recommend using them before exercising.  In any case, these pills must be used with the proper direction and advice of a doctor.  They include: beta-2 agonists, Ipratoprium and oral and intravenous corticosteroids.

Allergy Asthma Treatment

This type of treatment is used when your asthma attacks are triggered by an allergy.  The first step is to keep yourself away from the allergy triggers.  Then, doctor may use the following medication to control the allergy: Allergy-desensitization shots and Ant-IgE Monoclonal Antibodies.

Complementary and Alternative Asthma Treatments

As an alternative to the use of medications, you can take advantage of other treatments like natural cures, acupuncture or activities such as yoga or swimming (both of these activities help you strengthen your lungs and keep off from asthma attacks).

Homeopathy approaches the treatment of asthma by using small doses of substances that trigger symptoms to activate the self-healing response we all have.  It is still unclear if this treatment works or not, because the stimulating substances are not strong enough.

Finally, you can also use herbal remedies such as butterbur, gingko extract and dried ivy.  However don’t use them if you are currently under medication, be sure to talk with your doctor first to avoid any substance interaction.