Senin, 17 Desember 2007

Which treatment for which asthma?

There are two types of asthma: the intermittent asthma ie, as reflected in a number of crises limited to 2 or 3 a week and persistent asthma. These 2 forms of asthma does not deal in the same way. When we had intermittent asthma, treatment is used only during crises or manifestations of respiratory gene, and consists of using a drug (usually inhaled), which will ease quickly. However, in chronic asthma, the treatment is preventive medicine and associates a broncho-dilator and another said antiar inflammatory; drugs are most often taken 2 times a day every day; The dose of drugs is Depending on the severity of asthma. We must, as far as possible that, with treatment, the extent of the asthmatic breathing is normal.

It currently has very effective medications to treat asthma, it is necessary to distinguish dealing with the crisis and treatment of substance.

The drugs fast-acting bronchodilators was like ventoline or bricanyl very quickly relieve the crisis and should be used widely, there is no danger of this toxic type of medication when they can be inhaled; However, if they take ' improves not in a crisis period must be quick t repeat their use and call a doctor if relief is not total. Indeed, the non-response to this type of medicine indicate a more serious crisis which justifira probably taking cortisone.
Medications bronchodilators may have a delayed effect and are used in persistent forms of asthma has always associated anti-inflammatory treatments;

The anti-inflammatory drugs are used as treatment. They do not relieve the discomfort but affect the invisible component of the disease is the inflammation of the bronchus. The most common are corticosteroids. The antileukotrienes are used in the treatment of certain forms of asthma, an anti-inflammatory action from the cortisone. The cromones are anti-inflammatory and less powerful for use in mild forms of the disease

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