According to the New England Journal of Medicine, increased dosage of steroids do not help asthma flare up in children or adults and may in stunt the growth of children.
Increasing dosages is very common among medical doctors despite not being endorsed in medical guidelines.
In a recent study of 192 kids between the ages of 5 to 11 took a low maintenance dose regularly. When their asthma symptoms increased, the dose was increased by 5 times and the side effect was .09 inch reduction in growth compared to the low dose group.
Glucocorticoids makes the body more at risk for infections and can weaken bones.
The American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology says asthma is considered well controlled:
You have symptoms no more than two days a week, and these symptoms don't wake you from sleep more than one or two nights a month.
You can do all your normal activities.
You take quick-relief medicines no more than two days a week.
You have no more than one asthma attack a year that requires you to take corticosteroids by mouth.
Your peak flow (a measure of lung function) doesn't drop below 80 percent of your personal best number.
Source: www.cnbc.com
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You always post interesting stuff! Thanks for sharing this...Asthma is an incredibly important topic for me as I have had it growing up. Thanks for sharing
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It sounds like you may have outgrown it as an adult hopefully.
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Nice post @senseicat
This awareness about asthma is realy educative, I wish more awareness is done in West Africa in order to prevent the mortality rate due to asthma, especially in children
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Yes, I think that finding the daily management technique that is most effective for the individual is key to prevent the need for higher dosages that are ineffective and dangerous.
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information is very important @sanseicat, asthma is allergic to anyone. i am very afraid of asthma because one of my family died because of asthma is very bad good friend
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I am sorry to hear this sad news and hopefully more scientific or homeopathic remedies will be discovered soon.
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I’ve always been a proponent of natural remedies for most ailments. All drugs, whether injected, swallowed or inhaled have some type of side effects.
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Each person has a unique body chemistry and the side effects can sometimes outweigh the benefits of drugs.
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Agreed!
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Dear @senseicat your post is a wondarful...& great news...i am love is life..thanks for sharing..I look forward to each of your posts..done
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Thank you very much for reading it and I appreciate your comment.
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Raise awarenes Regarding atshma can be promote through this platform, you did a great job @senseicat
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Thank you so much for your kind words of encouragement. My son has intermittent asthma and he once saved a friend with his quick action of identifying that the child was having a asthma attack. It is really important to share new knowledge gained with our fellow friends on Steemit.
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I have personally seen the symptoms of asthma go away when the asthma sufferer went to a western naturopath and changed their diet! I saw the same results from diet advice given by a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. It seems that diet can affect your health more than we give credit to.
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