For asthma, everyone is no stranger.
As a very common chronic airway disease, asthma is mainly characterized by a chronic inflammatory response to the airways. Once sick, patients will recur a series of uncomfortable symptoms such as wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath, cough and so on.
According to the data, there are currently more than 300 million asthma patients in the world, of which there are about 30 million asthma patients in China, accounting for 1/10 of the world.
Once you develop asthma, even after scientific and standardized treatment, the disease is easy to recur.
Especially after entering the winter, many patients will have asthma recurrence.
Why is asthma prone to high incidence in winter?
After entering the winter, the temperature will gradually drop, the temperature difference between day and night will increase, for people with more sensitive airways, once the inhalation of cold and dry air, it will make the bronchi spasm, which can easily lead to asthma.
For patients with asthma, asthma recurrence can also occur due to inhalation of some air that has greater irritation.
In addition, when entering the winter, as the temperature begins to drop, many people will close the indoor environment. In this way, there will be some bacteria, smoke, and some other allergens in the environment, which can easily cause asthma or some allergic diseases.
What should patients do in winter to effectively prevent asthma attacks?
First, adjust the indoor environment
Even if the temperature drops, the window should be opened every day to breathe, so that fresh air can flow in the room.
In addition, avoid allergens such as second-hand smoke, stir-fried oil smoke, pollen, animal fur crumbs, dust, etc. The room should be cleaned several times a day, and a vacuum cleaner can be used if necessary.
At the same time, we should also pay attention to the regulation of indoor dry humidity, after entering the winter, the wind is relatively large in many areas, which can easily lead to indoor air being too dry.
Once the room is overly dry, it is easy to induce asthma or rhinitis and other diseases. But also to avoid too humid indoors, otherwise it is easy to breed some mold, but also make people have allergic reactions, resulting in asthma attacks.
Second, stay away from allergens
When going out, be sure to wear a mask and avoid direct contact with this pollen in the mouth, nose and mouth. Try not to travel to areas with high pollen or serious air pollution.
If necessary to travel to these areas, it is best to wear an N95 mask. When you get home, be sure to clean your head, hands, and face to prevent contamination with some allergens.
Third, pay attention to dietary conditioning
For people who are prone to allergies and have asthma themselves, it is best not to eat some foods that are prone to allergies, such as fish, shrimp, crabs and other foods. You should also not eat too much greasy and cold food, which will affect people's digestion and metabolism and detoxification function, resulting in reduced immunity.
Three meals a day should eat more foods rich in fiber, vitamins and plant protein.
4. Actively take medication for treatment
For people who have asthma themselves, after entering the winter, they should continue to take drugs for treatment.
For example, when symptoms appear, the method of nebulization inhalation can be used for treatment, which can make the bronchial relaxation and achieve the effect of improving symptoms.
If an infection occurs, antibiotic therapy needs to be taken appropriately under the guidance of a doctor.
In addition to the above 4 points, patients should also pay attention to physical warmth, avoid being attacked by cold, and have sufficient sleep, and should also make emotional adjustments. It can prevent asthma attacks and improve immunity.
It is worth mentioning that asthma is not curable
It should be noted that at present, the medical community has not yet had a precise and effective medical means to effectively cure asthma, so it is most important to avoid allergens and control the disease.
And once asthma is acute, it can be life-threatening.
According to clinical statistics, the current mortality rate of asthma is 1.6-36.7/100,000, and most of the causes of death are related to long-term inability to control asthma and untimely treatment at the last attack, and most tragedies could have been avoided.
Therefore, if asthma patients can undergo long-term standardized treatment and management, more than 80% of patients can get clinical control of asthma.
So once diagnosed, you also need to be prepared to fight the disease for a long time!
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