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Tips To Keep Your Asthma Under Control

Asthma is a common chronic lung disease that affects normal breathing. Harlem East Life Plan caters (provides treatment) to a full range of adult health care, New York City needs, occurring throughout their lifetime including asthma, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, HIV, and more.

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Tips To Keep Your Asthma Under Control

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  1. Tips To Keep Your Asthma Under Control

  2. Asthma is a common chronic lung disease that affects normal breathing, making routine physical activities difficult or impossible for an asthma patient.

  3. Although there is no cure for the condition, individuals with asthma can live healthy, active lives if their asthma is under control. Also, as asthma is not preventable, self-care and taking appropriate preventative measures is the key to reducing the risk of asthma symptoms and the condition getting worse.

  4. Asthma Symptoms and Causes : Bronchial asthma is a more common type of asthma, with symptoms including coughing fatigue, shortness of breath and a feeling of tightness in the chest, and wheezing.

  5. Allergic asthma, nocturnal asthma, childhood asthma, adult-onset asthma, etc. are the other types of asthma. Different types of asthma present different symptoms.

  6. Talking about causes, some of the more common causes include genetics (having a family history increases the chance of getting it too), viral infections, and allergen exposure.

  7. Risk Factors There can be some triggers, the most common trigger being exposure to elements like chilly air, respiratory infections (common cold), airborne allergens (pollen or dust mites), excessive physical activity, stress and anxiety, air pollutants and irritants, gastro esophageal reflux disease, and medications like beta blockers, aspirin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen.

  8. Preventative Measures • Know your triggers and work towards avoiding them • Take your asthma medication as prescribed by your doctor • Learn how to use your inhaler properly • Quit smoking and avoid second-hand smoke (avoid smoking areas) • Keep fit by exercising • Allergy-proof your environment • Be in control of your condition, devise an asthma action plan

  9. Harlem East Life Plan caters (provides treatment) to a full range of adult health care, New York City needs, occurring throughout their lifetime including asthma, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, HIV, and more.

  10. Harlem East Life Plan www.harlemeastlifeplan.com 2367-69 Second Avenue New York, NY 10035 (212) 876-2300

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