Dealing With Asthma
Asthma is a condition that affects the lives of millions of people each day. For some, it is just a slight shortness of breath when exercising. For others it makes trying to breathe normally a burden. Whether you have minor or severe asthma you should not let it change who you are, what you do or what you want to accomplish. There are ways of dealing with and controlling this chronic disease so you can live life the way you please.
I love to play sports. I play three sports a year and enjoy doing other physical activities. A major setback I have is severe asthma. Some days it is hard to get a breath at all. I am constantly sick with lung infections since my lungs are a weak spot and my asthma leaves me tired most of the time. When I exercise my asthma worsens but I refuse to let that keep me from playing sports. Although it's hard sometimes I try to keep my breathing under control. I take a pill daily which helps prevent asthma attacks and allergies. I take a slow-acting steroid inhaler twice a day to help with asthma. Before I exercise or if I feel my asthma symptoms worsening I take a fast-acting inhaler. If my symptoms worsen or do not go away I use a Nebulizer machine. It is a burden to keep up with all the medications but it is worth it to control my asthma so I can play sports and live normally.
Now you're probably wondering what you can do to improve your asthma or breathing problems. Your first step would be to see your doctor. First they will have to determine if asthma is the reason you can't breathe. They will give you lung function tests which will measure how you breathe under certain circumstances. Once they determine how severe your asthma is and under what conditions it is worse, they will decide which medications you should be put on.
Staying healthy is vital when you have asthma. Even getting a cold could be life threatening when you have a chronic lung disease. Regular exercise, eating healthy, keeping your immune system boosted, getting at least 8 hours of sleep and keeping your body on a routine will all help keep your asthma in check. Don't let your asthma control your life.
I love to play sports. I play three sports a year and enjoy doing other physical activities. A major setback I have is severe asthma. Some days it is hard to get a breath at all. I am constantly sick with lung infections since my lungs are a weak spot and my asthma leaves me tired most of the time. When I exercise my asthma worsens but I refuse to let that keep me from playing sports. Although it's hard sometimes I try to keep my breathing under control. I take a pill daily which helps prevent asthma attacks and allergies. I take a slow-acting steroid inhaler twice a day to help with asthma. Before I exercise or if I feel my asthma symptoms worsening I take a fast-acting inhaler. If my symptoms worsen or do not go away I use a Nebulizer machine. It is a burden to keep up with all the medications but it is worth it to control my asthma so I can play sports and live normally.
Now you're probably wondering what you can do to improve your asthma or breathing problems. Your first step would be to see your doctor. First they will have to determine if asthma is the reason you can't breathe. They will give you lung function tests which will measure how you breathe under certain circumstances. Once they determine how severe your asthma is and under what conditions it is worse, they will decide which medications you should be put on.
Staying healthy is vital when you have asthma. Even getting a cold could be life threatening when you have a chronic lung disease. Regular exercise, eating healthy, keeping your immune system boosted, getting at least 8 hours of sleep and keeping your body on a routine will all help keep your asthma in check. Don't let your asthma control your life.
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