Asthma
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- Created on: 05-01-16 13:40
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- Asthma
- Risk Factors
- Family History of asthma, eczema, food allergies or hay fever.
- Having bronchiolitis as a child
- Smoking during pregnancy
- Premature Birth
- Low birth weight
- Symptoms
- Tightness in the chest
- Wheezing or whistling noise in the chest
- Coughing
- Difficulty breathing
- Treatments
- Reliever inhaler
- These are medicines taken immediately to relieve asthma symptoms. They quickly relax the muscles surrounding the narrowed airways
- Preventer inhaler
- These control swelling and inflammation in the airways, stopping them from being so sensitive and reducing the risk of severe attacks
- Steroids
- These work quickly to help calm the inflamed airways. Short courses of these are used to treat acute asthma attacks.
- Nebulisers
- This is a machine that creates a mist of medicine, which is then breathed in through a mask or a mouthpiece.
- Reliever inhaler
- Risk Factors
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