Allergy Induced Asthma

Allergy induced asthma is a condition in which allergy and asthma are triggered at the same time and is more likely to affect low-income individuals, especially children since the chance of exposure to allergens such as cockroach, rat droppings or chemicals is higher.

Causes

Causes of Asthma Asthma may be caused due to genetic predisposition to the disease.  The most common causes of allergies are dust mites, cat dander, cockroach droppings and grass pollen.  This causes the airway lining to swell and narrow.  Knowing what causes your allergic asthma is half the battle.  Pollen is a major concern to people with hay fever, but it also leads to a condition known as allergy induced asthma.  If you’re allergic to pollen, you’ll be sure to experience allergy induced asthma symptoms at certain times of the year, which is typically the growing season of plants.

Symptoms

Symptoms of Asthma Symptoms of asthma are not consistent and may vary from time to time and between individual.  Symptoms of allergy induced asthma attack include

• Shortness of breath on exertion or, at night, a wheeze or whistling sound during exhalation
• Tight feeling in the chest

If you have both allergies and asthma, the same substances that trigger your allergy symptoms can also inflame your airways, leading to asthma symptoms such as shortness of breath, wheezing and chest tightness.

Treatment

The basic and common method to avoid the attack of asthma is stay away from whichever allergen is causing the symptoms.  Some allergy treatments can reduce asthma symptoms.  A type of allergy treatment called allergy shots (immunotherapy) can help treat asthma by gradually reducing your immune system response to allergens that cause your asthma symptoms.  Examples of such treatment, fluticasone, budesonide and, Allergy Induced Asthma, beclomethasone mometasone furoate is triaamcinolone.  Steroids are another form of treatment for asthma.  You must be very cautious when using steroids for treatment.  The more natural approach to treatment for allergy induced asthma is the use of herbs or plant supplements.  Before you can effectively start a homeopathic treatment of your allergy induced asthma, you need to find the allergies’ causes.

Exercise

Many people believe that physical exercise is the most common trigger for an asthma attack.  The most common symptom of exercise-induced asthma, which increases your risk of exercise-induced bronchospasm, is coughing.  Exercise-induced asthma symptoms can include: Coughing Wheezing Shortness of breath Chest tightness or pain Fatigue during exercise Poor athletic performance.  For many people, a few puffs from a quick-relief inhaler right before exercise is enough to control asthma symptoms.  Taken 30 minutes before exercise, long-acting beta agonists can prevent symptoms of exercise-induced asthma for up to 12 hours.

The interesting thing is over the recent years, allergy induced asthma has grown exponentially and scientists are not really sure what is causing it.  Interestingly enough, African-American and Hispanic children living in inner cities are more likely to develop allergy induced asthma than Caucasian children in the same cities.  One of the best ways to treat allergy induced asthma is to find and reduce the presence of allergens that cause asthma attacks.  Inhalers are the most frequently used treatment for allergy induced asthma.  The more natural approach to treatment for allergy induced asthma is the use of herbs or plant supplements.