Asthma Attack Symptom and Stress
Stress is a factor of many illnesses especially asthma attack symptom. Those who suffer from asthma have a predisposition to trigger asthma attack symptom after a stressful day at work or at home for that matter.
Asthma attack symptom manifests in many ways such as, shortness of breath, tightness in the chest, uncontrollable cough are some.
How do you tell if your asthma attack symptom is getting worse? Here are a few instances in which doctor assistance is needed:
- Your asthma medications do not relieve the symptoms.
- If your finger nails turn blue or grey color.
- In case you have trouble walking or talking.
- You have extreme difficulty breathing.
- Your nostrils flare when you breathe.
- Your neck, chest and ribs get pulled in with each breath.
- Your peak flow keeps dropping after treatment.
Asthma cannot be treated due to which there are many types of medicines that control and suppress any such asthma attack symptom. Some asthma medicines are taken with a metered dose inhaler as this is the quickest, most effective way to administer medicines to asthma patients.
Here are some basic steps in how to use an inhaler:
- Remove the cap and hold the inhaler upright.
- Shake the canister well.
- Tilt your neck and breathe out.
- Put the inhaler one or two inches away from your mouth. When using a spacer (spacer is the tube that one attaches to the inhaler it helps a great deal to inhale) put the end of your mouth and seal your lips around it.
- Press down on the inhaler to release the medications slowly breathing in for 3-5 seconds at a time.
- Hold your breath for about 10 seconds to give time for the medicine to get to your lungs.
- Repeat the above cycle for as many times as your doctor suggests giving at least 1 minute time between cycles.
Stress is the cause of many of many serious diseases that work on your nervous system. It can worsen the existing illnesses such as asthma. Stress creep sup on you without any warning but, if you are aware of being stressed take immediate action.
Stress is as serious as any major illness and combined with asthma can be at times fatal. Both stress and asthma attack symptom can be controlled if detected in good time. Do not neglect any illness, however minor you think it may be.
