Contents:
- Medical Video: Relapse Prevention Tips For The Holidays | Counselor Toolbox Episode 70
- Tips to prevent asthma relapse during holidays
- 1. You must be sensitive to weather changes
- 2. Avoid cigarette smoke and campfires
- 3. Avoid lush trees
- 4. Avoid aroma therapy candles
- 5. Flu shots
Medical Video: Relapse Prevention Tips For The Holidays | Counselor Toolbox Episode 70
Vacation is indeed an activity that many people have been waiting for. But for those of you who have asthma, certainly have their own vigilance when going on vacation.
Research from the University of Washington found that one-third of people with asthma experience an asthma reaction when traveling from breathing polluted air to chemicals. But you don't need to panic. You can have a quiet vacation without having to worry about relapse with some tips below. Anything? Check out the review below.
Tips to prevent asthma relapse during holidays
1. You must be sensitive to weather changes
The main way to prevent asthma from recurring during the holidays is to be sensitive and aware of weather changes in your destination. Choose the right time and place to vacation. Asthma is easy and can recur in cold weather.
Asthma sufferers must also be careful of drastic temperature changes from hot temperatures to cold temperatures. So you must wear or bring warm clothes. It also serves to reduce the effects of cold air and symptoms of asthma that relapse.
2. Avoid cigarette smoke and campfires
Vacation or camping somewhere with friends, synonymous with gathering around a campfire or just playing fireworks at night. For those of you who avoid and want to prevent asthma from recurring on vacation, you must avoid anything that emits smoke.
As is known, if smoke and wood combustion result is one of the highest factors causing asthma. Likewise with cigarette smoke. You must avoid people who smoke. Also make sure your accommodation has good ventilation and air exchange lines.
3. Avoid lush trees
Dust and pollen attached to common trees is a factor in recurrence of asthma. Research revealed by the Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Imunology reveals that pollen triggers causes of asthma with sinuses in almost more than 70% of cases of recurrent asthma.
Dr. Katina Nicolacakis from Twinsburg Family Heart Center say, besides pollen on plants or trees, there are also many chemicals that come out when wood is cut. Wood will release the powder and remove oil, and when inhaled by asthmatics it can trigger a recurrence of an asthma reaction.
4. Avoid aroma therapy candles
Aromatherapy candles can indeed function as a therapy that can soothe when inhaled. But unfortunately, this does not apply to people with asthma. Aroma therapy candles that are burned will release chemicals into the air, namely toluene and benzene, which can trigger an asthma reaction.
Toluene substances are made from flammable petroleum liquids, while benzene is a compound found in the air due to the effects of coal combustion and oil emissions. The problem is, aromatherapy candles are not burning hot enough to destroy these two harmful molecules. This is what causes aromatherapy candles to easily cause the risk of asthma attacks for sufferers.
5. Flu shots
You can try a flu vaccine before going on vacation to prevent recurrence of asthma. Why do flu shots? Because asthma can recur due to viruses that enter the respiratory tract (usually influenza viruses).
It doesn't hurt to ask your doctor for a flu vaccine before you go on vacation. Because the injection can protect you from the dangers of flu which can increase the risk of susceptibility to asthma. Also avoid conditions that cause fatigue, such as excessive laughing and exercising too heavily while on vacation. Maintain conditions that are not prone to respiratory infections such as influenza.
