Asthma is a chronic situation that affects the respiratory system. During an asthma attack, bronchial tubes, which carry oxygen in and out of the lungs, tend to get narrower and thus decrease the flow of oxygen coming to the lungs. The airways also become inflamed and lined up with mucus. Those symptoms can happen several times a day or week, or much less often. The severity of the attacks also changes.
Various triggers might cause asthma attacks and the breathlessness that accompanies it. Asthma can also cause loss of consciousness and chest pain. It is a very grave disease that can sometimes prove to be deadly: indeed, while 300 million people are affected by asthma around the world, asthma attacks are responsible for the death of an estimated 250,000 people on a yearly basis.
People with asthma also suffer from its side effects in their everyday life. Sleeplessness is a regular experience that can lead to daytime fatigue, and can have a negative impact on one's professional and personal life. The World Health Organization even acknowledges that "reduced activity levels" as well as "school and work absenteeism" are usual side effects of asthma. Exercising will usually be more difficult for people who suffer from asthma, which can for instance be a social isolation factor for children.
Although asthma cannot be definitely cured, doctors have found different ways to relieve and prevent the symptoms, allowing everybody with asthma to stay in shape, exercise and lead a normal life. With the appropriate treatments, there are no reasons why anybody with asthma should not be able to enjoy an active life.
Numerous factors are able to cause an asthma attack. Some are very simple things like the humidity and temperature of the air. Nonetheless, the most usual ones are natural environmental allergens, like pollen, spores, house dust mites or cockroaches as well as pollution from cars, tobacco smoke or chemical compounds, like the ones found in perfumes and perfumed products. Medications like penicillin or aspirin as well as a certain number foods, like milk or peanuts, in the case of food allergies, can also trigger asthma. Asthma attack may also happen after exercising.
Your emotional state can also be an important factor in causing an asthmatic attack. Tension, anxiety and emotional stress can all cause it. A lot of people experiencing an asthmatic attack also make their condition worse by falling prey to state of panic, a totally normal response to the scary experience they have to live through.
In order to better control asthmatic attacks, these triggers should be avoided as much as possible. Allergies also play an important role in the triggering of asthma attacks and allergy treatment can be used as a way to prevent them. There are however various types of asthma treatment. In the short-term, asthma attack treatment will give relief in the case of an asthmatic attack. Asthma attack treatment is able to readily provide asthma relief, however individuals having mild or severe asthma must use a long-term asthma treatment.
You may find several forms of bronchial asthma treatment available out there, however not all of them will work out for you. Bronchial asthma treatment as well as allergy treatment also have many side effects if used regularly and for an extended period of time, especially drugs containing corticosteroids or Beta2-adrenergic receptor agonists, with the latter having cardiac side effects and increasing the risk of respiratory death. Such issues may explain why around half of the people who suffer from asthma use some type of alternative treatment, like natural asthma treatment.
Even though almost no evidence supports the effectiveness of therapies like air ionizers or chiropractic, other types of natural asthma treatments like homeopathy, yoga practices and hypnosis have shown notable results as asthma treatment. Hypnosis, just like yoga or meditation, albeit in a much easier and faster way, provides asthma relief because it is able to help control the psychological side of asthma through relaxation. With hypnosis you will be a lot more relaxed, which will help prevent asthmatic attacks. It will also make you able to better control the fear and panic during an attack, thus greatly reducing the symptoms. Most asthmatics are aware when an attack is imminent, and specific hypnotic techniques exist which enable the asthmatic person to put a stop to an impending attack.
Asthma is a serious respiratory condition, which can prove very handicapping and sometimes even deadly. Drugs will help you with the physiological symptoms and might give prompt relief in case of an attack. Nonetheless those drugs have several negative side effects, especially if used too often. NLP and hypnotherapy will diminish your need for drugs. It is also an effective asthma treatment and asthma attack treatment and will help you prevent the occurrences of asthmatic symptoms.
Alan B. Densky, CH is an NGH certified Hypnotherapist. He is a full time practitioner who has created effective Asthma treatment self hypnosis CD's. His Neuro-VISION Self-Hypnosis site features free newsletters, an exceptional hypnosis article library, and free hypnosis videos.
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