Life Style Changes and Asthma
How to consider a “whole body” approach to managing your allergies and asthma?
- Prioritize good sleep and relaxation time.
- Try to keep your weight in a normal range.
- Avoid junk foods. Focus on fresh fruits and vegetables and lean meats.
- Aim for at least 20 min exercise every day.
- Donot skip doctor’s appointments annual checkups.
- Take medications as prescribed regularly and refill prescriptions before they out of stock.
- Stay up to date with your child's vaccinations, especially influenza and pneumonia.
- Keep windows and doors closed on days when pollen counts are high and air quality is poor.
Good, sound, undisturbed sleep is important for allergy and asthma management:
- Avoid exposure to the blue light emitted by cellphones, laptops and tablets for 1-2 hours before going to sleep at night. This light suppresses melatonin production, which is an important trigger to the brain that it is time for rest.
- Avoid alcohol or caffeine near bedtime at night. Both can disrupt normal sleep pattern.
- Stick to a routine bedtime, so your body gets adjusted to a schedule. Try not to take excessive naps during the day.
Exercise can help reduce airway inflammation:
- Strength training with light weights or resistance bands can build stamina without much impacting the lungs. Even lifting household goods on the way home from the grocery store can be a good start.
- While exercise plays an important role in a person’s overall health, it is less commonly known to all, that it can help keep airway inflammation under control.
- Also, If your asthma is not well controlled, with very frequent coughing and wheezing, exercise can be at times risky.
- It’s very important to get a permission from your doctor before initiating an exercise regimen.
Benefits:
- improved lung function in long run.
- reduced airway inflammation.
- greater endurance and stamina.
- improved immune system reduces the risk of respiratory infections.
- stronger muscles that promote blood flow to the lungs and heart.
- a healthy body weight, feeling of good health
- stress reduction psychological.
Yoga has long been considered as a way to improve physical and mental well-being and some individuals with asthma say it helps them better control symptoms. Learn more about the benefits of Yoga for Asthma support.
Good nutrition is very important part for allergy and asthma management :
- Keep your weight within a healthy normal range.
- There are a lot of links between being overweight and having problems with your lung health.
- Following an anti-inflammatory, antioxidant rich diet can play a valuable role in asthma and allergy management. It involves eating lean meats, fresh fruits and vegetables while limiting carbohydrates and alcohol.
- Strive for a clean, healthy diet . Consider taking an anti-inflammatory supplement, such as curcumin, essential fatty acids or a multivitamin, especially if you are not able to eat right.
- A natural antihistamine, such as quercetin and bromelain, is also helpful for some.
Control stress and anxiety :
- Various Studies show stress can worsen all medical illnesses, but it’s especially tough on lung diseases, often triggering a particularly harmful cycle of breathing problems.
- Controlling stress and anxiety needs to be a priority. The mind is the most powerful thing, so certain activities like meditating or yoga can create a calming effect and help immensely with lung health.
- Asthma and allergy patients with untreated or under treated depression should seek counseling by expert, because the condition can lead to poor adherence to their treatment plan and an overall worsening of symptoms.
- Children may face different stressors than adults, such as peer pressure and homework, but they w ailllso benefit from stress-reduction efforts. Encourage them to play outside so that,they can burn off stress and anxiety instead of sitting inside playing mobile, TV or video games.
How to Minimize effects of environmental factors that impact asthma and allergies?
- When treating asthma and allergies, there are air quality factors that are controllable (cigarette smoke or the presence of mold) and uncontrollable (living or near industry or a highway).
- The initial step is knowing your triggers and then adjusting your medications on days when the air quality might be particularly bad, Environmental allergies and air quality may worsen in the years ahead.
- Warmer temperatures are causing pollen seasons to last longer, which may cause plants, grasses and trees to produce more potent pollens.