Question by iamloco724: Help With Asthma Home Treatments Please?
ok so heres there story im 21 years old this wed..and ive had asthma for a year and half now and when i had my first attack i had insurance so i went to a dr and got an inhaler..im almost positive my attacks are due to allergens and dust..i just ordered an air purifier so im hopinh that helps but heres the real problem i dont have any health insurance right now cant afford it im going to be applying for this free insurance on thurs but it might take awhile to go through i need to know if theres some home treatments or things i can buy medicine wise or natural things that can help get me through till i have insurance..its pretty bad right now i have little of my last inhaler left and i feel i need it way to much so is there anything that can help right now i have alot of tightness in my chest thats my problem when being awake but when i lay down and wake up i wake up wheezing please give me all the tips you can thanks

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Answer by alcoserfamily
Loco,

I do know of a wellness company which offers relief in the home and I use their products for my asthmatic son. They offer alternative medicines and a whole slew of things at wholesale prices.
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I’ve been treated for asthma a few times before, multiple times with one of those breathing machines (forgot what it was called) and I was once prescribed (about 4 years ago) Fluticasone propionate which i took for about 1-2 months. However i ceased using it and now i only use the inhaler, as needed. (As needed, for me, basically means once in the middle of the night, about 1-3 times a day, and once before bed)

So now before i see a doctor, what sort of treatment should i be on the lookout for? I imagine there are quite a few new ways i can get treated. If there are some that I should ask my doctor about, or should try, that would be great. I am 16 years old, 5’11”, and around 130-40 pounds.

P.S. Why do they make Albuterol inhalers different now? They used to come in a large canister in a gray tube, but now they are smaller and in red tubes, and these new ones are always getting clogged up and blocked, and its a real pain to have to clean out an inhaler when I need to use it RIGHT NOW, you know?

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Answer by Nah Z
Inhalers are in new containers because laws were passed banning the old inhalers which damaged the environment. Basically, it was an excuse to get proprietary HFA inhalers on the market, and to squeeze generic inhalers out of business, with “saving the environment” as the excuse to ban something which creates much less harmful emissions than many much more voluntary practices- like driving a car!

Asthma is a chronic illness. Even when you feel well, you do not sound like an appropriate patient to be off a long-acting controller medicine. Long-acting controller medicines will help prevent the permanent lung changes associated with chronic asthma and asthma attacks.

Staying on a long-acting controller, even after your symptoms improve, is a strong factor in how well you’re going to be doing with your lungs ten years down the road.

Officially, most medication manufacturers have to say that there isn’t authorization to use long-acting inhalers when you could be potentially leaned off them, but the latest research (which the FDA politely ignores) clearly shows that remaining on a long-acting inhaler means having better outcomes years down the line.

Find a long acting medicine (like advair) that works for you, and STICK TO IT even when you start to feel better: your lungs will thank you for it.

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Question by Anonymous: Can a pregnant woman take Benadryl/antihistamine to treat an allergic reaction or help allergy induced asthma?
If she is already taking inhaled steroid inhalers, regular inhalers, etc., is there anything else a pregnant woman can take to help allergic asthma and allergic reactions in serious cases? Can she take a small dose of an antihistamine such as Benadryl to help her get relief from symptoms?

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Answer by Di
I asked the pharmacist when I was pregnant. Or call the doctor. For the babies sake don’t take advice on here for the meds

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Answer by shigatoxin
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Hi i am thinking about joining the army. One thing that is stopping me is that i was diagnosed with childhood asthma. I was going to join ROTC and had to get my medical records for asthma and the last record of it was when i was 13.5. Is it possible to get a waiver for this? I am physically fit and can run 2 miles in 12:30. Thanks for your help.

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Answer by tator
Yes it is possible to get a waiver. Depends on what kind of recruiter you have. Mine decided to get a waiver even though I didn’t have asthma since I was 8. Other recruiters I talked to said I would have to worry about it. You could always have a doctor write off saying the asthma is inactive now and has been gone since you were 13.

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