Asthma is a complex respiratory disease characterized by episodes of breathing difficulties along with or without cough, wheezing, tightness of chest. During the breathing attack the air passage gets obstructed, inflamed and constricted leading to reduced air intake and flow. Etiological cause of asthma is broadly categorized in genetic, environmental and medical factors. Asthma attack may be triggered due to various physical, mental and environmental factors including bacterial-viral infections, smoking, GERD, recurrent cold-cough, humid weather, pollution, allergens like dust-pollens, exertion.
Thousands of people die every year due to comorbid complications. For children and adults alike, the struggle to breathe during an asthma attack can be a frightening experience. Conventional management is followed to ease the breathing distress and medications to relieve many of the symptoms of asthma.
Risk factors:
Various factors are responsible for increasing the risk of developing asthma.
- Family history of asthma.
- Allergic to dust, pollens, certain food, etc.
- Recurrent cold and cough
- Chronic atopic dermatitis (skin ailments) treated with cortisones.
- Immunosuppressants
- Obesity
- Tobacco Smoking; active smoker / passive smoker
- Occupational hazards
- Stress syndrome
- Living in coarse polluted area.
Warning Signs:
- Recurrent episodes of cold-cough with breathing difficulties, chest wheezing, chest tightness,
shortness of breath on exertion.
- Acute allergic response to dust, pollens, etc.
- Reduced vital capacity tested in Peak Flow meter, spirometer.
Types Of Asthma:
Asthma can be broadly classified into various types according to their causation and presentation.
- Allergic asthma (Extrinsic) : due to allergic responses to certain drugs, pollens, dust, food, etc.
Usually occurs in childhood with or without family history and often precede by atopic dermatitis /
eczema.
- Infective asthma (Intrinsic) : occurs due to acute or recurrent bacterial, viral infections. Is least
associated with heredity or allergic responses.
- Occupational asthma : usually occurs in individual’s who work in chemical industries like biological
detergents, toluene, polyurethane, flour, asbestos, cement,etc.
- Psychological asthma : stress, anxiety and emotions are considered as sole trigger and
precipitating factor.
Causative Factors:
1. Frequent use of certain medications.
2. Vaccines
3. Caesarean sections
4. Asthma in family
5. Recurrent cold-cough
6. Smoking
Homeopathy Treatment for Asthma:
When it comes to treating Asthma, holistic science of Homeopathy is choice of treatment. It is in stark contrast to conventional medicine, where inhalers and steroids are used to suppress & control inflammation. Homeopathy treats asthma wonderfully without any adverse effects. To treat an individual, the totality of symptoms, including chief complaints, habits, stress, sleep, etc are considered during the treatment for individualizing the remedy.
Homeopathic medicines do not aim at just reducing inflammation. They also intend to cure the basic cause of the recurrent inflammation. This way, not only the symptoms of asthma are treated but the incidence of asthmatic attacks is completely eliminated.
Some of the common homeopathic medicines which gives wonderful results in curing asthma, like; Arsenic Alb, Antim Tart, Aralia R, Blatta Or, Cassia S, Grindelia R, Nat Sul, etc.
Dr. Harkirat S Wilkhoo www.wellnessdrwilkhoo.com
Specialist Homeopath RAK Medical Center, Al Jazeera
Specialist Lifestyle Medicine 072432226
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