While allergic asthma cannot be cured, it can be managed effectively through avoiding triggers, taking fast-acting medication and working with an allergist. Allergists often offer immunotherapy treatments such as allergy shots or sublingual tablets to increase tolerance against particular allergens.
Allergens are substances that trigger your immune system to produce excessive mucus production in your airways and cause them to swell, leading to symptoms like wheezing and difficulty breathing.
Diagnosis
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Doctors can diagnose allergic asthma by reviewing your medical history and performing a physical exam, along with ordering lung function tests to measure how well your lungs are working. They may also perform allergy testing using skin prick or blood tests as an integral part of this evaluation process.
Skin prick tests involve administering small amounts of allergens to see if you have a reaction; blood tests provide more precise answers, although they can miss certain allergies. If your allergy test is positive, working together with your physician to identify allergens that trigger symptoms is important to managing asthma effectively and can prescribe bronchodilators or corticosteroids as needed to control symptoms and provide follow-up visits that measure progress made towards treating allergic asthma.
Medications
Medication can help relieve asthma and allergy symptoms. Your physician will choose an effective medication based on how often and serious the problems are; how well you live your life and manage asthma are also factors.
Your doctor will likely prescribe daily controller and quick-relief medicines, which could include combination inhalers such as SMART. Some individuals use devices known as nebulizers to deliver asthma medicines directly into the lungs. They may also recommend leukotriene modifiers that reduce inflammation in your airways and allergy shots that decrease how your body reacts to allergens that exacerbate asthma symptoms.
Allergens include airborne substances like dust mites, molds, animal dander and tree, grass and weed pollen that may trigger allergic reactions in some people – like hay fever or eczema symptoms.
Short-acting bronchodilators (brahn-koh-DIE-ah-lay-tors) help open up and reduce swelling in the airways to make breathing easier, while antihistamines and decongestant nasal sprays and tablets unclog noses and reduce mucus production, providing additional breathing assistance. Longer-term relief may come from steroids inhaled directly or taken orally, or immunotherapy as injections under the tongue to train immune systems to tolerate allergens that trigger asthma attacks.
Avoiding triggers
People living with Allergic Asthma can find relief from their symptoms by avoiding triggers. Every person’s asthma triggers are unique to them – allergens, irritants or stress could all play a part. Some allergens like pet dander or mold cause allergic reactions in the lungs that may cause shortness of breath and wheezing while other forms of allergies could even trigger life-threatening responses like anaphylaxis. Smoke and exercise may further worsen asthma for certain individuals.
Allergens can be found almost everywhere, but they are particularly prevalent in homes where those living with asthma spend most of their time. When exposed to allergens during an asthma attack, their immune systems react by increasing airway sensitivity and producing excess mucus production. Certain triggers like pollen or animal dander are often easy to avoid – keeping pets out of the house, washing stuffed animals regularly or eliminating carpeting are just some of the steps one can take in order to lower allergy-related asthma triggers.
Other triggers can be harder to recognize and avoid, including ozone exposure, weather changes and food containing sulfites such as potatoes, shrimp, beer or wine containing sulfites. A health care provider can assist those living with asthma to identify which triggers are impactful in their case by keeping a symptom diary to track any worsening of symptoms; and by offering allergy skin or blood testing as potential diagnostic tools to identify any possible triggers.
Follow-up care
Asthma is a life-long condition that must be managed over time, so regular follow-up appointments with physicians are necessary to monitor symptoms, adjust medications and educate patients on using inhalers properly and avoiding triggers. Furthermore, regular appointments provide physicians the chance to identify potential issues before they worsen and impair quality of life for the patient.
Allergy tests can help your doctor to assess if allergens such as pet dander, mold spores and grass pollen trigger asthmatic symptoms in you or your child; however, these tests don’t provide information about other possible triggers like exercise, stress or illness such as colds.
At each visit, your physician will ask about your symptoms and perform a physical exam, creating a treatment plan based on them while ordering additional tests to evaluate lung function.
Attendance at all scheduled asthma follow-up appointments is of great importance for your child’s overall wellbeing and to teach him or her how to effectively manage his or her asthma, identify warning signs of an attack (like wheezing, coughing or difficulty breathing ) as well as learn what allergy triggers exist that could exacerbate his or her condition and reduce its frequency of attacks.
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