First-aid for an asthmatic patient that is caught without an inhaler

in #health7 years ago

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The first question that we should ask is WHAT IS AN ASTHMATIC ATTACK?

ANSWER:

An asthma attack is a sudden tightening of muscles around your airways (bronchospasm). The lining of the airways also becomes swollen or inflamed and thicker mucus, more than its normally produced.

How to handle such a situation

  • Sit upright: Sit upright, bending over or lying down can constrict your breathing even more.

  • Take long deep breaths: This helps to slow down your breathing and prevent hyperventilation. Breathe in through your nose and breathe out through your mouth,
    Stay calm.

  • Get away from the trigger: The asthma attack could be triggered by anything, so get away from the place it started as soon as possible and go to an air-conditioned environment or any place with clean air.

  • Take a hot caffeinated beverage: Hot caffeinated drinks like coffee can help to open up the airways slightly, providing some relief for sometime.

  • Seek emergency medical help: after sometime you should visit a medical advisor or get home and use your inhaler.

Hope I have been helpful

Resteem: so as to help friends and family to help others

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i have friends that are asthmatic, thanks to your post I don't have to rush cluelessly about. short and amazingly helpful

Glad I could help!

Its difficult when you try to takr something hot

Hot, doesn't mean it has to be super hot.... It just has to pass the bridge of being cold

Great knowledge impacted, thanks @biggijay for this