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All about Asthma
How to manage it and other facts you need to know
Asthma can begin in later life, often after a chest
infection. Coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath
may be signs of the condition. See your doctor if
these symptoms persist.
Late-onset asthma is less likely to be triggered by
allergy to house dust mite, pollen or animals, and more likely to be triggered by a cold,
cigarette smoke, chemical sprays, fragrances.
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Once diagnosed,
make sure you get your personal asthma plan. Standard issue is an inhaled steroid to help
suppress inflammation of the airways, and a reliever inhaler to take when symptoms occur. But there are many different drug treatments
available.
Breathing wrongly
can contribute to asthma, though it may not be the cause of it. Learning to breath from the abdomen, under the
supervision of a respiratory-trained physiotherapist, can rectify dysfunctional breathing
Are you
breathing correctly?
 Signs of dysfunctional breathing are:
Chest pain, blurred
vision, dizziness, confusion, fast breathing, shortness of breath, chest tightness,
anxiety, cramps. If you suffer these regularly,
then breathing exercises may help.
Talk to your doctor
or practice about seeing a specially-trained physiotherapist.
See website:
www.physiohypervent.org
for list of suitable physiotherapists.
Contact the
National Asthma Campaign www.asthma.org.uk for information about
asthma. Or telephone their helpline on 0845 7 01 02 03 (mon-fri 9-5) for expert
advice
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