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Articles on Health
Asthma
Asthma, though not always fatal, is an ailment that is alarming both to the person suffering from it as well as to the person attending to him. This is because the patient suffers the agony of severe shortness of breath, wheezing and coughing and the onlooker has practically nothing to do. All he can do is helplessly looks on at the sufferer who fights desperately for breath with puffed up face and popping eyes. Asthma is an ailment in which sudden inflammation of the airways causes airflow into and out of the lungs to be rigorously restricted. During an attack, the muscles of the bronchial tree get tight and the inner lining of the air passage swells. This restricts normal air flow and the increasing effort to inhale produces that characteristic wheezing sound.
Medical Shingles and Asthma
Medical Shingles , Shingles Medical or Herpes Zoster in whatever name you may call it, this viral disease caused by the Varicella Zoster virus is a painfully distressing ailment for which there is practically no cure. In some cases it has been reportedly observed that inhalation of toxic chemicals and gases can trigger an attack of shingles. Also, there is no known preventive measure that one could take to avoid an attack. To prevent shingles, you just prevent chicken pox (shingles and chicken pox are supposed to be blood brothers).
Asthma and Medical Shingles – is there a Connection?
Yes there is. People who were around the world trade centre when it went down should agree. The fact is, inhalation of dangerous chemicals may induce an attack of asthma and shingles. Actually, it has been clinically established that inhalation of dangerous or hazardous chemicals and fumes trigger attacks of asthma as well as shingles. And the primary culprit among them is Nitric acid and Sulphuric acid, both being of highly corrosive nature. In the case of asthma, the acid fume goes through the nostrils, provoking an attack while in shingles, it activates the latent virus by interacting with the mucus membrane.
What causes Asthma
Although some believe it to be a hereditary disorder, asthma is commonly caused by the inhalation of allergens like pollens, pet dander, dust mites, molds and hazardous chemicals. It may also be triggered by respiratory infections, unplanned exercise, sudden alteration of ambient temperature, tobacco smoke and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Doctors have found that even a higher percentage of eosinophilia in the blood has a distinct relationship with asthma patients but no further light has been given on the subject. However research on the subject is being carried out. Reduction of the substance in blood count invariably reduces asthma attacks.
What do you I do if I have Asthma?
Alas, there is no permanent cure for asthma, though some medications offer temporary relief. Following the age-old dictum “Prevention is better than cure” several preventive measures may be taken to avert asthma attacks. These include elimination of provoking allergens from the environment, reducing eosinophilia from total blood count, use of nebulizers or metered dose inhalers (albuterol, terbutaline and meta-proterenol), salt pipe inhalation, aerosolized atropine and related compounds immediately before or during an attack.
So if you have had an asthma attack before, you must always carry medicines and inhalers along to be on the safe side. You never know when the next attack may hit.
Conclusion
Millions of people around the world suffer from Asthma but since it is not a proclaimed killer like Hepatitis B or Cancer, no serious medical attention appears to have been given to this agonizing ailment. It is more prevalent among children than adults and in USA alone, the number of people suffering from the disease is alarming. Plus when you add up the numbers of medical shingles, then the problem intensifies even further.
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