I was told by a pediatrician that in an event of an asthma attack I should put my childs head in the freezer or outdoors if cold. friends of mine recently told me that this is false.
2007-01-26 16:27:09 · 8 answers · asked by Jill P 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
Wow, I have always found that COLD air makes my asthma way worse. Try using an inhaler instead.
2007-01-27 21:07:22 · answer #1 · answered by 1sleepymama 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-07-27 05:53:03 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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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2016-05-15 06:01:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never heard of that. I know cold can set off an asthma attack. The only thing that helps is medication.
2007-01-26 16:37:21 · answer #4 · answered by merillo5 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all of my children and my grandchildren have asthma and never has any told us that.
alto if it is summer and really hot it would probably help. nothing is worse than being in a hot place!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-01-26 16:52:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It helps me. It slows down the breathing and almost forces you to take deeper breaths. I'm not sure if it works for everyone though.
2007-01-26 16:35:28 · answer #6 · answered by Kalinakona 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
next time you see THIS CLOWN!!stick your own head in the freezer and make sure SOMEONE slams the lid shut on you, then change doctor!
2007-01-26 23:48:13 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it can make it worse
2007-01-26 18:42:40 · answer #8 · answered by bad_bob_69 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋