5 common misunderstandings about asthma

Asthma is characterized by chronic airway inflammation and stenosis due to spasms, edema, stagnation of bronchial secretions, causing shortness of breath, coughing. Dr. Nguyen Quang Mo, Deputy Head of Respiratory Department, Tam Anh General Hospital in Hanoi, said many people still have the wrong view of the disease, making it difficult to treat.

Asthma can be completely cured

Asthma is a chronic disease that makes the patient’s airway sensitive to stimulating factors. Many people think that the disease is completely cured because the drug is prescribed, the symptoms are reduced or completely, and the health is stable. However, the disease has not yet completely cured but can be controlled. The doctor waited to recommend that patients with asthma should be regularly examined and used as prescribed to control the pathology and ensure health.

Asthma is an infectious disease

Asthma is a non -communicable disease. However, some respiratory infectious diseases such as flu, colds … can cause acute asthma attacks. Asthma has a genetic factor, related to allergies, depends heavily on environmental factors such as weather, air quality … In children, the disease is often associated with allergies but asthma onset in adulthood is often less relevant.

People with asthma should not exercise

In fact, many asthma can still practice, compete and achieve good results. Therefore, this patient can participate in sports activities. Regular exercise helps to enhance lung health, improve the durability of the respiratory muscle, reducing the risk of asthma recurrence.

Patients should choose sports such as swimming, yoga, walking, cycling and starting with light intensity for the body to get used to. Start carefully before exercising, covering your nose and mouth with a towel if outdoors in cold weather, limiting exercise or active outdoors when the air quality is bad. Patients should prepare an attack (bronchodilator effect quickly) to use as soon as asthma symptoms appear.

Just use a cutting drug for treatment

According to Dr. Wait, the drug cut off the bronchodilator effectively, bringing a sense of comfort immediately, but does not control the status of airway inflammation – the core cause of asthma. If the patient only uses a medication to cut off the attack without controlling (backup), it can make asthma more serious and life -threatening. Patients should follow the instructions of the treating doctor.

Limit preventive medicine for fear of side effects

Preventive medicine helps control asthma and prevent acute asthma attacks. The patient arbitrarily stopped the drug very dangerous, worse the disease, which can be life -threatening. Patients should regularly examine the doctor to evaluate the condition, advise the use of drugs according to the appropriate dose to control the disease and side effects due to drugs.