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What are the most common asthma symptoms?

Not all people who suffer from asthma experience the same set of symptoms; each body structure has a specific kind of reaction and manifestation. A single, overall, general asthma symptom doesn’t exist. Each individual is sensitive to a unique menu of specific stimuli.Historical research into asthma symptoms A classification for asthma-type symptoms was made more than 2,000 years ago, but back then an effective treatment did not exist.

All the historical examples of researches about asthma-like symptoms are based on some individual’s specific, personal observations. In those days doctors had little of our scientific information or methods, and treatments were developed based on suppositions that a certain herb would help. And in our own time, researchers have repeatedly tried to find successful asthma treatments. But, up to now, the only successful treatments they can offer are in preventing crises. Unfortunately asthma is considered incurable, so medicine only helps patients avoid painful moments.

Coughing and wheezing are quite common

The most common asthma symptom is considered “Coughing”. This is the red-flag for the illness. It normally gets worse at night and in the morning, and it is a symptom that can keep a person awake. Wheezing is another common problem for asthmatics. Because of bronchial constriction, the air flow is reduced, causing the person with asthma to make a strange sound when breathing in and out.

Other common symptoms

hest tightness is another general asthma symptom since it touches most of the people who suffer from this disease. Then there is shortness of breath that makes many people uncomfortable and unable to perform physical activities, because this asthma symptom makes them feel as they would have a weight pressing on the chest. As an effect of breath shortness one tries to breathe a lot faster in an attempt to compensate for the negative effects of this deficiency. The shortness of breath problem is a normal thing for most asthmatics. This can be easily treated with proper medication.

About normal treatment

A treatment is correctly formulated after a long survey of the asthma symptoms and an evaluation of the patient’s health state using a series of medical tests. The only way of determining if young children suffer from asthma is to turn to complex investigations and look for family hereditary factors. Children that have asthmatic family-members have increased chances of getting it too. If your child has these kinds of symptoms and normal home remedies are not managing those symptoms, ask your medical practitioner to start the diagnostic process for your child.

Outside the medical paradigm

Many people are not satisfied with how modern medicine deals with asthma. Some think that asthma is psychological (mental/emotional/behavioral) and find that wellness training is helpful. Some think that asthma is controlled by taking certain supplements. Some work to clean the air and water in their home to reduce those asthma-symptom stimuli. Others think that moving their family to a more rural environment is the answer for their children. All of these have been helpful for many thousands of families.

Sensitivity may be the key

A growing number of people have come to an understanding that asthma symptoms are an indication of the sensitivity the asthmatic person has to various environmental factors. The person may not tolerate certain environmental factors, and that continued exposure to those “toxins” are stressing the body in such a way that increased sensitivity is the result. (This initial sensitivity may be what the medical professionals see as the hereditary tendency of asthma.) Understanding this and obtaining your own precise list of those environmental factors which are “toxic” for the asthmatic, provides the family with a plan-of-action which reduces, or in many cases, eliminates asthma attacks. In our Products-Services page, you will find resources for these approaches which are outside the medical paradigm.