Contents:
- Medical Video: How to stop an asthma attack without medication
- Tips and easy ways to prevent asthma relapse
- 1. Use a peak flow meter
- 2. Get used to breathing through your nose
- 3. Avoid asthma triggers
- 4. Routinely take medication as prescribed
Medical Video: How to stop an asthma attack without medication
Asthma can occur anytime and anywhere. You cannot know when asthma will appear. Asthma that has a sudden recurrence does not only make you nervous, but also other people around you. Calm down first. Check out the various methods below to prevent asthma from recurring.
Tips and easy ways to prevent asthma relapse
1. Use a peak flow meter
Peak flow meter is a tool to see the movement and function of the lungs. This tool is one of the recommendations from experts to control asthma.
Peak flow meters can be used at home easily. Enough to breathe in as usual then exhale into the cavity of this tool. The higher the number coming out of peak flow meter means the better your breathing function score is related to the amount of air flow in the airway.
When you are first diagnosed with asthma, your doctor will ask you to use a peak flow meter every day for 2-3 weeks.
Most asthma action plans are based on your peak flow readings. Based on these readings, you can find out what actions should be taken to deal with your asthma.
2. Get used to breathing through your nose
When doing strenuous activities or exercise, you may unconsciously pull and exhale through your mouth. However, it turns out this method can trigger relapse of asthma.
The mouth does not have hair and sinus cavities such as the nose which can moisturize the incoming air. Dry and cold air that enters the lungs will trigger airway constriction so you have difficulty breathing properly.
By getting used to breathing through your nose, you will keep the inhaled air warm and moist so you can prevent asthma from recurring.
3. Avoid asthma triggers
There are many things that can trigger recurrence of asthma. Therefore, it is important to know what can trigger your asthma to recur, so you can avoid it.
In general, avoid cigarette smoke, dust, chemical fumes, wood powder and pollen that are attached to trees if you have asthma. When inhaled to the lungs, it can trigger a recurrence of asthma.
4. Routinely take medication as prescribed
We recommend that you bring your asthma medication every time you go out of the house just in case of a recurrence of asthma that can occur at any time.
In addition, try to take medication regularly to control asthma and do not stop the dose without your doctor's knowledge, even though your asthma symptoms have improved.
