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Q: What kinds of tea help with the symptoms of asthma?
I have heard that tea could help relieve asthma symptoms, but I don’t know if it’s green or black, and if there are any herba/ teas that might help.

A: In theory, there are two things about tea that can help: the steam/hot liquid (which is a wash in comparison) and the bromoxanthines like caffeine. These chemicals have weak bronchodilator properties, enough for people to talk about but not enough to be useful. Your rescue inhaler is several orders of magnitude more potent.
There may also be something immeasurable here. Before rescue inhalers were ubiquitous, the primary drug used for asthma was a stronger bromoxanthine-type drug, theophylline. It’s fallen out of favor in both asthma and COPD for the most part, because the combination of theophylline and albuterol, as an example, shows no measurable benefit over albuterol alone. And yet some patients, more with COPD than asthma, feel like they’re breathing better even when their spirometry shows no improvement.
If you want to experiment, I’d think the strongest, blackest tea you can stand would be the thing to try first.

Q: What are some home remedies to relieve asthma symptoms?
I have recently been diagnosed with asthma. Since I am very susceptible to the side affects of my inhaler, are there any home remedies in case it gets a little hard to breathe? I’m just talking about when my breathing is a little bit below normal capacity.
I’m looking for nonmedicated solutions, and not solutions for actual attacks, but when it feels mildly uncomfortable. I have a daily inhaler and a rescue inhaler in case of a serious attack.

A: Some things I do are drink small sips of hot water, caffeine (helps open the airways), and rest as much as possible.

Q: What kind of infection or disease resemble asthma symptoms?
I’ve been having pressure in my chest, feels like someone is sitting on me and it makes hard for me to breathe, I feel myself having to almost gasp for air and wheezing at times. Im thinking it could be something in the polluted air, or possibly something in my house. I have also been burping a lot, but I dont think the two are related. My mom felt like this a few months back, so is there any virus that causes things like this. Its in the upper portion of my chest, around where my heart would be.

A: Possibly acid reflux…

Q: What are the causes of these symptoms(I already got checked at the hospital but there were no abnormalties)?
I have shortness of breath, fatigue, my head feels light-headed. It’s weird – I got checked at the hospital for all these symptoms, asthma test, oxygen test(which was 99 %, which is absolutely normal), x-ray, etc. but no problem at all. Results were all normal.

I have social anxiety disorder and am taking Valium everyday, for your information, if this helps. Thanks.

A: Sounds like you are having panic attack symptoms. Symptoms can make your heart pound and cause you to feel short of breath, dizzy, nauseated and flushed. Because panic attack symptoms can resemble life-threatening conditions, it’s important to seek an accurate diagnosis and treatment.

Panic attack symptoms can include:

■Rapid heart rate
■Sweating
■Trembling
■Shortness of breath
■Hyperventilation
■Chills
■Hot flashes
■Nausea
■Abdominal cramping
■Chest pain
■Headache
■Dizziness
■Faintness
■Tightness in your throat
■Trouble swallowing
■A sense of impending death
You may have a few or many of these panic attack symptoms. Panic attacks typically begin suddenly, without warning. Panic attack symptoms usually peak within 10 minutes and last about half an hour. But panic attacks have many variations. They may last hours or, on rare occasions, up to a day. You may feel fatigued and worn out after a panic attack subsides. One of the worst things about panic attacks is the intense fear that you’ll have another panic attack.

If you have frequent panic attacks, you may have a condition called panic disorder. Panic attacks can greatly interfere with your life —
It’s not known what causes panic attacks or panic disorder. Things that may play a role include:

■Genetics
■Stress
■Certain changes in the way parts of your brain function
Some research suggests that your body’s natural fight-or-flight response to danger is involved in panic attacks. For example, if a grizzly bear came after you, your body would react instinctively. Your heart rate and breathing would speed up as your body prepared itself for a life-threatening situation. Many of the same reactions occur in a panic attack. But it’s not known why a panic attack occurs when there’s no obvious danger present.
I would make an appointment with my general practitioner.

Q: What are the types of and symptoms of asthma?
What are the different types of asthma (sports, bronchial, etc) and what are the symptoms/treatment of each?

A: Signs and symptoms are different for everyone however they are the same for the one person who has asthma. In other words, one person may cough uncontrollably with their asthma attack. That cough would happen with a sports induced attack or a cold air induced attack. It should be the same.

Someone else may wheeze with their asthma attacks to the same triggers.

The key to managing asthma is learning your triggers and avoiding them as much as possible. If you are unable to avoid your triggers you will need medication to help. Controller medications are taken everyday and help prevent attacks. These medications include Singulair, inhaled steroids and oral steroids.

Rescue medications are use to reverse an attack. the two most common rescue medication are albuterol (provental or ventelin) or Xopenex.

Check out the links below for more information.

Q: What would be some of the symptoms of asthma in a 8 year old boy?
He’s having headaches, trouble breathing, trouble sleeping, coughing at night. I have brought him to the doctor for this and he says its allergies and prescribed Zyrtec which didn’t help at all. What are the symptoms of asthma, especially in a child?

A: My nephew is 6 has asthma and my 2 year old, while too young to diagnose, is on a nebulizer with asthma medications. The symptoms my nephew show when he is having an attack or trouble, is a deep chesty cough, he complains of back pains, and has trouble breathing. His face flushes as well. Now my son it was just an incessant cough since birth. His pediatrician called it everything from a cold(that lasted 9 mo) to allergies, to me being paranoid. I could hear or feel his problems if I put my hand or ear to his back (right or left side). If you know it’s not allergies than you need to be your child’s best advocate and tell your doctor that it’s not allergies, and if he doesn’t believe you, ask for an allergen test. I switched pediatricians and she said his symptoms were valid and gave me his meds to see if they relieved his cough and sure enough they did.
Good luck to you.

Q: What are the signs or symptoms of asthma?
I think that I may have it.

Can someone please tell me what the symptoms of asthma are… and how do you know you have it?

Thanks.

A: Common asthma symptoms include:
Coughing. Coughing from asthma is often worse at night or early in the morning, making it hard to sleep.
Wheezing. Wheezing is a whistling or squeaky sound when you breathe.
Chest tightness. This can feel like something is squeezing or sitting on your chest.
Shortness of breath. Some people say they can’t catch their breath, or they feel breathless or out of breath. You may feel like you can’t get enough air in or out of your lungs.
Faster breathing or noisy breathing.
The only way to know for sure would be to see your doctor.

Q: What are the symptoms of asthma in children 12-15?
I have a family history of asthma: My dad, his dad and my pap. I have difficulty breathing and exercising and I sometimes cough a wheezing cough. Do I have asthma?

A: Sounds like you could possibly have Asthma also. I would recommend going to see a Doctor for that.
Asthma symptoms are pretty much what you have described (wheezing, shortness of breath, prolonged expiration and an irritated cough). The chances of developing Asthma can be increased if someone in your family has it already. This was the case for me where my father and his 2 brothers all had it, so i also then suffered from Asthma.
My parents were reluctant to put me on regular drugs from such a young age (12 years) so instead they looked at natural ways to reduce the symptoms and attacks. Basicly i was advised by a natropath that there were certain natural chemicals in foods that would reduce inflammation within the body and that changing my diet to include more of these chemicals could help, it did. By eating certain fruits and vegetables as my regular diet greatly reduced the attacks i had. It went from having an attack every 2 weeks to once every 12 months. It took a few weeks for me to notice the changes however once i did i never looked back. I still carried my inhaler everywhere with me however i was able to exercise, surf (asthma attacks while in the surf are terrifying) and do all the other things i loved without worring so much.
Obviously i would see a doctor however i would also look at your diet to see if there are other preventative things that can be done for little or no extra cost.

I just found this that may be of interest. It has a full 60 day money back guarantee and is not expensive anyway. It is not the same book that i had as a child however it sounds very similar.

http://tinyurl.com/bmsy3y

Good luck with it all

Q: What are the symptoms of asthma in young babies and how is it treated?

A: it could be bronchilalitis, it normaly starts around this time of year, my son started with it when he was approx 2 months, go to your docs just to check

Q: What are the symptoms of asthma?
What are the symptoms of asthma? Coughing and slight weezing? Is that all?

Thank you

A: People with asthma may suffer from a variety of symptoms, none of which is specific for asthma:
-wheeze
-shortness of breath
-chest tightness
-cough.

The hallmark of asthma is that these symptoms tend to be:
-variable
-intermittent
-worse at night
-provoked by triggers including exercise

When cough is the predominant symptom without wheeze, this is often referred to as cough variant asthma.

Q: What are the symptoms of asthma?? Is there any relation between asthma and bronchitis??
I have a difficulty in breathing and chest tightness…..I was diagnosed with bronchitis 3 year back…now I am 20…..may I know the difference between the symptoms and reasons for asthma and bronchitis??

A: Asthma, chronic bronchitis and emphysema all diffusively affect the bronchial tree and may give rise to the syndrome of wheezing, cough, and shortness of breath. It is clinically difficult to distinguish among these disorders, and for this reason estimates of their prevalence are not entirely accurate. However, they are common. It is unclear why there are wide differences in susceptibility to small airways abnormalities in response to inhalation of bronchial irritants. Early childhood infections, unidentified immunologic mechanisms, and bronchial hyperactivity have all been suggested as determinants of susceptibility. Small airways abnormalities may develop in persons with persistent asthma, and asthmatics do appear to be unusually susceptible to the effects of smoking. Under diagnosis of asthma is a problem. It must be recognized that 50 percent of children with asthma develop their initial symptoms before their first birthday. There is a mislabeling of young children with asthma who wheeze with respiratory infections such as wheezy bronchitis, asthmatic bronchitis, or bronchitis despite ample evidence that there is a variable airflow limitation and the proper diagnosis is asthma. Another cause of under diagnosis is the failure to recognize that asthma may accompany other chronic respiratory disease, such as bronchopulmonary dysplasia, cystic fibrosis, or recurrent croup, which can dominate the clinical picture.

Causes

It is not well known why some people with asthma go on to develop chronic asthmatic bronchitis. Smoking and exposure to environmental toxins appear to play a role.

Symptoms

Wheezing, shortness of breath, recurrent infections and cough all appear as symptoms of this problem. While these also occur in those with simple asthma, those with chronic asthmatic bronchitis tend to have increased severity and frequency of these complaints.

Q: Am i having asthma symptoms?
I’ve been sick for about two weeks, I cough and it gets worse at night because i cough so much i feel i can’t breathe and end up throwing up. Im not sure if it’s asthma or what. I’ve gone to the doctor but they didn’t really mention anything about it. I’ve got no other symptoms and there’s no signs of me getting much better. Plz help!

A: Doesn’t sound like asthma. Asthma is composed of 2 conditions bronchoconstriction and airway inflammation. Coughing alone cannot definitively diagnose asthma. Asthma attacks do not normally resolve on their own….. they usually require a bronchodilator &/or a corticosteroid. Do you have sinus problems? Sometimes when people relax or lie down in bed their sinuses drain causing them to go into coughing fits. When you are experiencing a coughing fit, it is absolutley impossible to breathe correctly. Throwing up during/after a coughing fit is not abnormal. I have known and seen many people who have done this….. one of them being me. You are probably ok…. if the coughing is that bad, take some cough syrup.

Q: Whats The Best Tea For Asthma Symptoms And Treatment?
ok in need something to just ease my symptoms and help with the slight tightness in my chest..heres a list of tea i have in the house.. cold care pm active ingredient is menthol 5 mg,chamomile tea,twinings of london earl grey tea decaffeinated,bigelow english breakfast black tea,lipton 100 percent natural tea,and peppermint tea..thats all i have in the house can you tell me what would be best out of those if any to start drinking asap and please list others that are available in stores that might benefit me like i said im not looking to cure im looking to minimize my symptoms and treat when i do have symptoms instead of using my fact acting inhaler so much which i think is making me very shaky and nashus im going to have insurance in 4-6 weeks so then i will be able to get new meds pleaseeee help

A: I would mix the chamomile and peppermint tea and try that. Might get a little bronchiol relaxation from it. Use the cold care P.M. (check the label for contraindications) at night.

When you’re shopping, try to find some Traditional Medicinals Breathe Easy Tea in the natural foods store. Also get some Quercetin (a bioflavinoid) with Bromelain (an enzyme) available in capsules. This will help with inflammation, when taken on an empty stomach 2-3 x daily. I think Solaray makes one called QBC that has vitamin C in it. NOW Foods makes a capsule called “Respirall” that has the Quercitin, plus Nettles –excellent product for asthma. It will cost you about $23 a month and you might never need an inhaler again.

Q: What are the symptoms of asthma in infant/toddlers?

A: both of my daughters have asthma they both weezed and sounded really congested anytime the weather changed you need to take your toddler to the dr or a Specialist they can tell you or give you a nebulizer with a medicine called abutral that really help clear the lung

Q: what are some symptoms of asthma ?
I already asked a question but I need to know if I have asthma or what. (I’m going to go 2 the doctor pretty soon).

A: Usually the symptoms are coughing and wheezing, particularly after a physical exertion. (e.g. running, climbing stairs) There is often also shortness of breath and a feeling of tightness in your chest.

Most people with asthma get all of these symptoms, which vary from mild (need longer to catch your breath after exercise, cough a lot) or severe. (Cannot exercise at all without wheezing, chest hurts all the time.)

However you can also get these symptoms for other things – chest infections, allergies (particularly hayfever) or spending time somewhere with irritants in the air, like dust.

Don’t worry about whether you have it or not before you go to the doctor – they will be able to let you know for certain and give you medication to deal with it.

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