First aid for asthma

Bronchial asthma - a chronic respiratory disease, usually infectious-allergic nature, where there are attacks of breathlessness, often bear the painful nature. These attacks are caused by impaired patency of the bronchi due to muscle spasm of bronchial tubes (bronchioles), edema of the mucosa and occlusion of the lumen bronchial tubes viscous contents.

The cause of the disease include viruses, microbes, which interact with the body, causing his allergic restructuring. Most often, asthma develops in the presence of previous chronic respiratory diseases (particularly bronchitis and pneumonia), as well as the paranasal sinuses (eg, sinusitis). In bronchial asthma patient becomes sensitive to various stimuli allergic nature - pollen, chemicals, house dust, fungi and other agents of the environment. Exacerbation of the disease occurs more often in spring and autumn months, when the body is most prone to colds infections.

Asthmatoid syndrome that develops in asthma, is characterized by attacks of breathlessness, which often develop suddenly and at night. Patients may call the hour and minute of the beginning of the attack. The first harbingers of attack may be sore throat, cough, runny nose, itchy skin. After a short time the patient feels a lack of air. Breathing becomes increasingly difficult, while difficult to exhale, which is accompanied by loud wheezing. Soon (which happens quite frequently), and cough associated with a small amount allocated to viscous sputum.

Asthma attack lasts from several minutes to several hours and sometimes days. Patients usually take the forced position for asthma. They are sitting or standing position, lean your hands on the edge of a table, chairs, beds, what kind of ease his condition. Shorter breath exhalation more than doubled (in normal vice versa). Respiratory rate at 1 min increased to 50 or more.

On examination the patient is noteworthy pained expression on his face, somewhat stout, with a swollen, bluish neck veins, and the unnatural position. Noisy breathing, wheezing. Attack of asthma may result in a few minutes. But if it is painful and protracted nature, it is necessary to provide emergency first aid.

For mild attacks of asthma should be as soon as fresh air and calm the patient and help him take antasthmatic, including an inhaler, which he should have at home. You can also give ephedrine tablets (1 -2 pills to 0,025 g), or aminophylline (0,1-0,15 g), or their equivalents. Preferably from the medical ones that best help the patient (usually he says exactly what). There is a wide selection of medicines, with a bronchodilator effect. Such bronchodilatory drugs include: salbutamol (Vitalina, astalin, salben, saltos) and fenoterol (berotek). Found in inhalers, they have a pronounced effect antibronhospasticheskim, as well as anti-inflammatory. These aerosol cans should always have with you when leaving the house, because they urgently need. In more severe cases should be injected with aminophylline or adrenaline (1 ml of either) subcutaneously. It must ensure that the patient had taken these medications and tolerate them well. If an attack of asthma is not terminated and the patient feels worse and worse, it is necessary to seek medical help. In severe cases, call an ambulance.

From folk remedies for asthma are as follows:
Marshmallow drug. Prepare infusion: Take 6-8 g of crushed roots and cover with cold water for 1 hour. Strain through a cheesecloth, add to improve the taste of sugar or honey. Take 2-3 teaspoons every 2 hours;
Horseradish. 150 g of purified horseradish rinse in water and mince. In the resulting mass add the juice of 2 lemons and mix thoroughly (until smooth). Take 1 teaspoon 1 per day;

Honey (if he does not have an allergic reaction). Take an ordinary kettle with a tight-fitting lid. Pour it in 50 ml of water, put on fire and when the water boils, put in it 1 tbsp. a spoonful of honey. At the spout put a rubber tube, but on the other end attach a plastic funnel. Honey is added to water only after boiling (to avoid loss of volatile anti-microbial volatile production). Water should boil moderately, to regulate it, have at times shut down the fire. Through a plastic funnel patient inhales the vapors. Breathing should be uniform. Procedures usually do in the morning. Duration 15-20 min. After the procedure is complete once the street is not going out. You can do the procedure and 1 times the evening before bedtime;

• Liquorice. Prepare infusion: 15-20 g of the root boiled in 200 ml of water for 10 minutes, push for 2 hours. Take 1 tbsp. spoon 4-5 times a day;
• Cabbage. Of foreign scientists found that sauerkraut is consumed, softens the effect of asthma attacks. Particularly favorable results were obtained in cases where patients are heavily fed on a salad, made from fermented cabbage, onion and garlic;
• Celandine. Prepare a tincture: 20 g grass to fill in 200 ml of vodka. Infuse 2 weeks. Strain and take 20 drops (for seizures);
• Coltsfoot. Prepare infusion: 4 tsp crushed leaves make a glass of boiling water, 1 hour, drain. Take 1 / 4 cup 4 times a day.