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Treatment
Asthma can not be cured, but proper treatment, strictly according to medical indications, usually allows you to control the disease. The choice of medication depends on the current level of asthma control and current treatment. The treatment is also very important to identify the factors triggering asthma attacks and to avoid those factors.
Depending on the severity of the disease the patient with asthma requires treatment of the various drugs (discussed below all applicable). Medications can be divided into two major groups: control the course of the disease, or prevent, and agents used an ad hoc, whose main goal is to quickly stop the attack of coughing or breathlessness.
In the treatment of chronic (disease control), the regular glikokortykosteroidy wziewnie. They are the best active antiphlogistic drugs, can control the course of the disease, reduce nadreaktywność bronchitis and reduce the incidence zaostrzeń. The use of side-effects glikokortykosteroidów wziewnych are local and include cough with irritation, oral mycosis, hoarseness - to prevent these effects should be inhalacjach after rinse mouth with water (using the maseczek facepieces should also wash your face after inhalation). Another term applied to drugs mimetyki of β2-wziewnie acting (formoterol, salmeterol) - antiphlogistic do not work, so they are always used in combination with glikokortykosteroidami, this obviates the skurczowi bronchitis and improve lung capacity. In addition, the provisions in the form of oral medication: antihistamines przeciwleukotrienowe (eg, Montelukast, they have a weaker agents from glikokortykosteroidów and slightly extend the bronchi) and metyloksantyny of acting (skurczowi prevent bronchitis). Used in small children is also cromoglicic dwusodowy operating smoothly antiphlogistic. During zaostrzeń in asthma is difficult to submit to an inspection glikokortykosteroidy are applied orally.
Ad hoc basis for an asthma attack are the use of fast-acting β2-mimetyki wziewnie, or short-acting drugs przeciwcholinergiczne also wziewnie (these are rapidly ending the medication bronchospasm and symptoms such as wheezing, coughing). These medicines may be present in the joints (β2-mimetyk + store przeciwcholinergiczny). Sometimes they are the only drugs used in treatment - in patients whose symptoms are very rare. In turn, patients treated with long, frequent use of ad hoc rozkurczających used is a sign that asthma is not well controlled and requires a medical consultation.
Inhalational drugs przeciwastmatyczne apply using a variety of inhalatorów: powder, pressure nebulizatorów. The way you can provide inhalation drugs directly into the respiratory tract, where the procedure is the process of inflammation, their action is more rapid than after oral administration, is also limited systemic adverse action. It is important to proper inhalation technique wziewnych drugs. Improper acceptance wziewnych drugs may lead to side effects, without proper medicinal effect. In case of doubt as to how to take medicines, you should consult your doctor. The principle should be that children always take the medication under the supervision of parents.
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