Does anyone know what causes asthma in an adult?

Question

I didn't have it as a child. My parents smoked while I was growing up. The doctor is always surprised when I tell him that I've never smoked.

I also cough so hard at times that I throw up. Is that normal?

Answer 1

I've heard acid reflux can do that, because it can come up the esophogus and into your airway. That happened to my son once, and since he's been on Prevacid, it hasn't happened again. You can develop allergies out of nowhere, especially if you are going through a very stressful time in your life because your immunity is very low.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Asthma is an allergy and is triggered by something. The best non medication treatment for asthma is learning your triggers and avoiding them. Common triggers are smoke, dust, mold, mildew, plants, dust mites, pets and grass/weeds.

If you can not figure our your triggers, you may need to see an allergist and have allergy screening done. This may point out your triggers.

The National Asthma Prevention Program and the Expert Panel of Diagnosis and Management of Asthma both agree if you have to use a prescription inhaler such as albuterol more then two time per week, your asthma is NOT in control and you will need a prescription controller medication.

Controller medications are steroids (Asthmacort Asthmanex, Flovent, Pulmocort), Leukotriene modifier (Singulair, Aculade, Zyflo) or mast cell stabilizers (Cromolyn sodium, Intal, Tilade).

You may want to talk to your doctor about several strong controller medications and maybe Xolair shots.

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Answer 4

People always have athsma. You are born with it. It just depends on when you have your first athsma attack. People say the pollutants in the air are causing people to have athsma, but that isn't so. A person always have athsma, it is just inactive for many years. Some people have athsma attacks as a baby, then never have another attack. Some people never have an attack, but then they get one. My father had bad ones when he was a kid, then for 7 years, didn't have one. He was about 23 when he had an attack again.
It is like volcanoes. Some people could always have attacks freguently, like active volcanoes.
Some are mountains until they erupt, like you.
Some people have them when younger, then have more later. Like other volcanoes, they may be active, not have one for a long time, then have one again.
Some are active, then never have another.
I've taken many classes to help my athsma. I've read many things and done a lot to help slow down and make attacks less violent. I have attacks a lot. Mostly one or two a day in the fall and usually three or four a week the rest of the year. My allergies start my athsma and affect it.
For having secondhand smoke, it might be have an affect on your athsma. You may have worse attacks then most people for many of your attacks. You should shee if there are any seesions near you that will help with your athsma.
Athsma is genetic, so you aren't the first in your family to get it. It may sometimes skip generations and such. You should learn as much as you can to help with your athsma. If you have kids, you may want to learn how to help your kids in case they get it.
I had more medications other than my albuteral inhaler, so you may want to ask your doctor if there are anyother medications that may help slow and limit your attacks.
I used to have such terrible cough that my diaphragm would hurt and make me nauseas. I nevedr told my doctor or asked him. You should consult your doctor becuase you might be able to get something for that.
I have been to the hospital before for my athsma, and to tell you the truth, it scared me. I didn't have my classes before that, so I didn't know about things like nebulizers and other things that could help improve my athsma.
I hope this helped you and answered a few questions.

Answer 5

that what exactly happened to me. unlike my sibling's, i was a heavy smoker with no asthmatic history until I quit smoking, it was so sever that I ended up several times in hospital. the doctor told me that it's normal and that my lungs want to clear itself- ..I didn't buy it, went back to smoking after suffering six months, that was four years ago, and never had any problem ever since.. sorry guys but that's the truth.
You are a second hand smoker, I wonder if the smokers are still around you!!!!!

Answer 6

Asthma has so many causative factors!!! But what triggers asthma is commonly "change in body temperature". So wear cotton clothings to prevent heat trapping under your "synthetic fabrics"!! Avoid stress, extrenuous exercise, pollutions, chemicals, fumes, sometimes drugs (the pill, antibiotics, etc.) and certain foods (peanuts, eggs, bacon, bologna, preserved meat, milk, cheese, etc.)

Answer 7

Might be your cleaning products. Take the toxins out of your home!!!! I know of several people that has been able to quit all medications by making a few changes. Email me and we can talk more
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Answer 8

for your asthma i read that you can use clay,search all about clay, and you'll find an answer.You can use normal clay you don't have to buy it (if you have the possiblity to dig somewhere!).

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Answer 9

If it is indeed asthma, it is an allergic disease, and treatment by an allergist would be beneficial.

Answer 10

i know that i got mine when i was a child, but it was from mold and stuff like that from this house we lived in for about a year