Bronchial asthma

General characteristic of a disease

Diseases of allergic character affect not less than 10-15% of the population of our planet. One of the most dangerous of them is bronchial asthma which is understood as the chronic inflammation of respiratory tracts which is followed by sharp change of reactivity and sensitivity of bronchial tubes, and also periodic attacks of suffocation.

Treatment of bronchial asthma is directed to reduction of number of the deaths connected with this disease and by improvement of quality of life of the people suffering from suffocating attacks. Meanwhile this process did not manage to be taken under complete control, despite all efforts of pulmonologists and allergists. The main problem in this case is connected with inefficiency of diagnosis of a disease and those techniques of treatment which specialists have.

The reasons for which the person has a disease bronchial asthma up to the end are not studied. Researchers believe that the greatest impact on this process is exerted by genetic predisposition and bad ecology in the large cities.

Short history of bronchial asthma

The term "asthma" was introduced in use by Hippocrates for the first time. In translation from Greek this word means "suffocation". Researches of the famous doctor led it to a thought that are causes of illness cold, dampness and other material factors. Hippocrates all life tried to find the answer not only to a question why there is bronchial asthma, but also as it can be cured. In this field he did not achieve great success, but transferred the enthusiasm to pupils and followers.

Within several next centuries several outstanding scientists worked on a problem of suffocation at once. Aretey and Galen's researches who made everything that bronchial asthma at children and adults proceeded are most known as it is possible easier. Their works became the main for first aid at disturbance of respiratory function.

The big contribution to treatment of bronchial asthma was made by doctors of Renaissance Gerolamo Cardano and the Belgian scientist van Gelmont. The first diagnosed a disease for the English bishop and began to keep detailed records about his treatment. This case history (bronchial asthma then was poorly studied) became manual for many generations of doctors, the patient managed to be cured only by means of a rigid diet, physical exercises and change of a way of life. Van Gelmont, in turn, also investigated attacks of suffocation and found out how there is bronchial asthma. Disease symptoms, the scientist noticed, often proved after inhalation of house dust. He assumed that the place of expansion of disease-producing process are bronchial tubes. As showed time, the brilliant guess of the Belgian was absolutely correct.

Further attacks of bronchial asthma were investigated by dozens of people, including the Russian and Russian scientists. They found out that bronchial asthma has allergic character, offered scientific community detailed classification of a disease and, in general, made a huge contribution to business of treatment of uncontrollable attacks of suffocation.

History of bronchial asthma proceeds and today. At the same time the most modern technical means and techniques are used. We managed to understand a lot of things from this as there is a disease and what has to be the help at bronchial asthma, but meanwhile it is impossible to find the answer to the main issue: how to get rid of a disease once and for all. However, this matter of time, and we do not doubt that, sooner or later, absolutely effective treatment of bronchial asthma which will help millions of suffering children and adults will be developed.

Bronchial asthma – symptoms

• systematic cough which amplifies on cold air or after exercise stresses;
• severe short wind;
• at many asthmatics the whistling rattles are noted;
• swelling of lungs;
• suffocation attacks.

Let's note that each patient has the specific case history. Bronchial asthma proves in the most unexpected way, but the main symptoms which are an absolute occasion to sound the alarm, we listed above.

Treatment of bronchial asthma

Since then, as the disease bronchial asthma settles in an organism, human life changes once and for all. Because of attacks of suffocation of the patient practically does not sleep at night, he is forced to use constantly inhalers and hormonal drugs, to adhere to a rigid diet and the schedule of reception of medicines. The last is especially important. History of bronchial asthma shows that the person implementing all recommendations of doctors feels much better and can increase quality of the life considerably.

The patient has to learn to apply drugs and means to their introduction to an organism, to control a peak expiratory rate, to distinguish drugs of basic and symptomatic therapy, to feel approach of attacks and to stop the symptoms threatening his life. Certainly, the person also has to ask urgently for medical care when bronchial asthma proves especially strongly.

To be able to live with attacks and other symptoms of bronchial asthma – it is difficult, but it is extremely necessary for each asthmatic. At the moment no universal technique which would guarantee successful treatment of bronchial asthma therefore it is necessary to be reconciled with a disease is found and to do everything that it brought as little as possible inconveniences.

Basic principles of treatment

Continuous antiinflammatory therapy is shown to the patient (glucocorticosteroids, the selection b2-andrenoagonist, rates of Prednisolonum).

There are two main approaches to how the disease bronchial asthma has to be treated:

• bystry achievement of results – to the patient appoint a short rate of Prednisolonum and an intensive care by means of high doses of corticosteroids. The purpose of this method – as soon as possible to reach control over disease symptoms, in particular, over suffocation attacks;
• bronchial asthma at children and adults is treated gradually according to severity of a disease. Intensity of therapy amplifies when strengthening symptoms and decreases when in it there is no special need. As a rule, improvement of a condition of the patient come one or two months later after an initiation of treatment.

Irrespective of the chosen technique, the patient has to follow accurately instructions of the doctor and implement all his recommendations. History of bronchial asthma shows that it is necessary for avoiding of triggers of a disease and achievement of the maximum control over symptoms.

Bronchial asthma at children

To a huge regret, periodic attacks of bronchial asthma arise not only at adults who can cope with them by means of rigid control, but also at children. Many of them do not understand what occurs and have a huge stress, and psychological pressure, in turn, considerably increases weight of symptoms.

There is a lot of reasons of emergence of a disease in children. The most frequent is a genetic predisposition of the child to bronchial asthma. Besides, the kid can react to usual house dust, wool of domestic animals, flower pollen and other allergens. The help at bronchial asthma at children consists in an exception of factors which provoke a course of a disease. Acute respiratory diseases also belong to their number. It is necessary not to allow overcoolings of the child, to limit his communication with sick peers and to take other measures protecting the kid from infections.

Treatment of bronchial asthma depends on disease severity. At easy forms the simple tempering procedures and physiotherapy exercises not bad help. Heavy disease demands purpose of a course of basic therapy and complex treatment which prevents emergence of attacks and reduces effects of an allergic inflammation.

As well as in a case with adults, bronchial asthma at children is effectively stopped by means of inhalation corticosteroids which represent synthetic analogs of the real hormones of the person. These drugs have big minus in the form of side effects and contraindications, however at the moment they are the only means to avoid heavy symptoms and to take bronchial asthma under control.