Asthma is a chronic non-infectious disease of the respiratory tract. It can be caused by external and internal factors. But as many years of medical experience shows, most often the cause of the disease is an allergy to dust. In adults, mainly there is bronchial asthma, the treatment of which must be taken very seriously and thoroughly.
How to treat bronchial asthma in adults?
Because of the ailment, the bronchial tree becomes inflamed. Bronchial asthma is a chronic ailment that occurs paroxysmally. The main sign of the disease is suffocation. At the time of an attack, the respiratory tract leading to the lungs sharply narrows. Because of this, the inflammatory process develops, the bronchi swell, and thick sputum begins to accumulate in them. Bronchial asthma is dangerous because during the attacks of oxygen there is not enough organs and brain, and accordingly, if you do not stop them in time, a fatal outcome may occur.
The treatment regimen for bronchial asthma in adults should be step-by-step. The patient should be constantly examined by a specialist. And at each stage of the disease in the scheme to make certain changes. This will help to quickly get better, spend a reasonable amount of money and prevent the occurrence of possible side effects.
All drugs for treating bronchial asthma in adults can be divided into several categories. Some are used for treatment, in principle, others are needed to immediately stop the attack of suffocation:
- To cure bronchial asthma without glucocorticoids is impossible. These medicines help control the disease. Thanks to them, leukocyte and eosinophilic cells are transported to the bronchi in a smaller amount, and the mucosal edema decreases, and the accumulating mucus liquefies. Glucocorticoids can be used both in emergency cases and for preventive purposes.
- Medical treatment of bronchial asthma in adults necessarily includes cromones. The basis of such medicines is cromonic acid. They are designed to eliminate inflammation. Because of them, the components of the mast cells causing inflammation are more slowly synthesized, and the bronchi decrease in diameter. The use of cromona is possible only within the framework of the main therapy, but during an exacerbation they are contraindicated.
- For the permanent treatment of bronchial asthma in adults, beta-2-adrenomimetics are not used. And to eliminate the attack of choking, they are as good as possible.
The most popular medicines that save from bronchial asthma are:
- Acolat;
- Xolar;
- Singular;
- Berotek;
- Salbutamyl;
- Theopek;
- Neofillin;
- Theophylline;
- Ventolin ;
- Intal;
- Taileed;
- Spiriva;
- Bektolide;
- Seretid;
- Atrovent;
- Ingaksort;
- Sulfasalazine;
- Azathioprine;
- Fliksotid and others.
Treatment of bronchial asthma in adults with folk remedies
Methods of alternative medicine are considered no less effective:
- Ginger is very useful. Its use dilates blood vessels and relieves inflammation of the respiratory tract. Take two to three tablespoons of ginger juice with honey every day.
- A popular folk remedy for bronchial asthma in adults is clear water with sea salt. Every day you need to drink as much liquid as possible. And after each glass eat a spoonful of salt.
- It is proved that asthmatics do not have enough vitamin C. Accordingly, if there is a regular lemon, in which this vitamin is contained in large quantities, the symptoms of the disease will decrease.
- A simple but effective remedy is eucalyptus inhalation. Just drop a few drops on a paper towel and put it overnight near the head.