虽然多于2500万美国人有哮喘, each person’s asthma is different and can vary over a lifetime. This means each treatment plan should be monitored and tweaked over time too.
If you or your loved one has asthma, it’s important to understand its causes/triggers and what treatments will help you manage your symptoms daily.
我们发言Aaron Schmucker., a family nurse practitioner at主頁(欢迎您)横幅健康诊所in Berthoud, CO, to understand the causes of asthma and what treatment options are available today.
什么导致哮喘？
哮喘是一种慢性肺病，您的气道发炎，狭窄或肿胀使得难以呼吸。对于一些人来说，暴露于过敏原等环境中的东西扳机哮喘，而对于其他持续的健康问题，可以触发哮喘症状或使它们更糟糕。
“哮喘有许多因素有助于它，”Schmucker说。“大量的患者对哮喘有过敏性成分，这就是为什么有这么多诊所，可在一起治疗过敏和哮喘。还有一个家族性分量，哮喘倾向于在家庭中运行，以及许多其他触发器或可能导致哮喘变得更糟的组件。“
轻度，中度和严重的哮喘：这些意味着什么？
在您的医生确认您的哮喘诊断后，他们将根据您的症状和这些症状影响或限制您的生活的症状，从轻度到中度或严重的严重程度。
“治疗方面的哮喘严重程度是重要的，因为它决定了使用哪种药物，这些药物的强度和这些药物的时间，”Schmucker说。
哮喘如何治疗？
治疗哮喘是一种阶梯方法，称为逐步。Upon diagnosis, your doctor will gradually increase (step up) or decrease (step down) your medication, until you consistently are sleeping well at night, active during the day and are avoiding urgent care or emergency room visits.
“治疗哮喘是一种阶梯式方法，从需要的短暂作用药物开始，并踩到日常药物，有时具有严重哮喘的皮下注射，”Schmucker说。
有哪些治疗选择？
Treatment options for asthmatics can vary, but generally they fall within these three different components of asthma:
- 炎
- 支气管间
- 其他（如过敏组分）
“施密龙等药物和其他吸入的皮质类固醇治疗气道的炎症，”Schmucker说。“像白霉素和其他支气管扩张剂一样的药物处理支气管或气道收缩。XOLAIR等其他药物是注射的，用于治疗一些哮喘有的IgE或过敏组分。“
正确的药物可以取决于许多东西，但大多数哮喘的人需要两种药物：快速缓解（或救援）和长期控制。免疫疗法，如过敏镜头，如果您的哮喘被过敏触发或恶化，也会有所帮助。
- Quick relief:These medications control the symptoms of an asthma attack. Rescue medications like albuterol work quickly within 2 minutes and last up to 4 hours.
- 长期控制：每天服用这些药物，即使你感觉很好。他们通常工作12至24小时。
- 免疫疗法：皮肤下的过敏原可以减少哮喘症状。
“有些患者只有温和运动诱导“哮喘在那里他们在运动前仅使用阿巴丁酚吸入器，”Schmucker说。“虽然其他人在高剂量类固醇和支气管扩张剂吸入器上，因为它们每天都有整天的症状。”
有什么警告标志，你应该出去吗？
虽然没有治愈哮喘,这很重要to remember that you can keep it under control. If you’re taking your medications but are still experiencing symptoms or frequent asthma attacks, check in with your doctor to adjust your treatment plan.
Schmucker列出了一些警告标志来呼出：
- 使用您的救援吸入器每周大于2次
- 每月醒来超过次一次，咳嗽，喘息，或呼吸急促。
- 运动咳嗽，喘息或呼吸急促。
“Some people make the mistake of thinking there breathing is not “bad enough” to use their inhaler or seek help for their breathing,” Schmucker said. “Tightness in the chest, wheezing and to a certain extent coughing, is not normal with any activity.”
Why is monitoring your asthma important?
“Asthma is important to monitor because over the course of someone’s lifetime it will wax and wane in severity, requiring more or less medication,” Schmucker said. “There are great treatments out there to treat asthma and no asthmatic should settle for a substandard quality of life because of their illness.”
带走
虽然哮喘是一种常见的疾病，但它确实需要适当的医学诊断和治疗计划。不要等待得到帮助。
If you are experiencing symptoms of wheezing, coughing or shortness of breath or your asthma treatments are no longer working, schedule an appointment with your primary care provider. To find a specialist near you, visitvwin.comac德赢官方首页 。
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References:
https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/faqs.htm
https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/most_recent_nationational_asthma_data.htm.
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