ALLERGY & ASTHMA TREATMENT

It can be hard to tell if someone has asthma, especially in children under age 5, so making sure to see a doctor for well checks is very important. The doctor will check how well your lungs work and check for allergies.

During your visit, the doctor will ask you a variety of questions and possibly do a breathing test, called spirometry, to find out how well your lungs are working by testing how much air you can breathe out after taking a very deep breath. The doctor will have you do this breathing test before and after you use asthma medicine to determine whether or not you have asthma.

An asthma attack may include coughing, chest tightness, wheezing, and trouble breathing. The attack happens in your body’s airways, which are the paths that carry air to your lungs. As the air moves through your lungs, the airways become smaller, like the branches of a tree are smaller than the tree trunk. During an asthma attack, the sides of the airways in your lungs swell and the airways shrink. Less air gets in and out of your lungs, and mucous that your body makes clogs up the airways.

You can control your asthma by knowing the warning signs of an asthma attack, staying away from things that cause an attack, and following your doctor’s advice. When you control your asthma:

• you won’t have symptoms such as wheezing or coughing,
• you’ll sleep better,
• you won’t miss work or school,
• you can take part in all physical activities, and
• you won’t have to go to the hospital.

An asthma attack can happen when you are exposed to certain triggers. Some common asthma triggers are cigarette and cigar smoke, dust, dust mites, outdoor pollution, pet hair and dander, mold and even smoke from a bonfire or burning grass. Sometimes a cold or flu can also trigger your asthma. 

Nebulizer treatments are an effective way to provide quick relief of your asthma symptoms. Be sure to take your medicine exactly as your doctor tells you and do your best to stay away from things that can trigger an attack to control your asthma.

Asthma medicines come in two type. A quick-relief such as an inhaler and long-term control such as a pill. An inhaler and/or a nebulizer treatment helps control the symptoms of an asthma attack. Longer-term control medicines help you have fewer and milder attacks overall, but they don’t help you during an asthma attack.

With medical assistance, you can control your asthma and you can make your own asthma action plan. 

The experienced providers at Temecula 24 Hour Urgent Care are here for you 24/7. Feel free to walk-in for an appointment, call  951-308-4451 or book online.