How to Treat Asthma at Home
- 1). Pour drinking water (preferably from a filter) in your steamer or a sterile pot and boil over the stove.
- 2). Start inhaling the steam. Steam is a very good mucolytic agent means it loosens the secretions that may clog the smaller airways during an asthma attack. It also decreases the airway hyper-reactivity by soothing the epithelium and the nerve endings. Hyper-reactivity of the airways is one of the main mechanisms behind an asthmatic attack
- 3). Cough gently and try to bring up the secretions. Do not cough vigorously as it may worsen your symptoms. Vigorous coughing increase the sensitivity of the airways.
- 4). Drink plenty of warm water. Again, this has similar effects on the secretions as steam inhalation has and helps to loosen them.
- 5). Drink tea. Tea has theophyllin in it. Theophyline was once one of the main drugs used to treat acute attack of asthma. It is still used in selected patients.
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