Is there any medicine to relieve from asthma permanently? Or anything?

 Man...I really hate it...from when i was born I have asthma and its genetic coz my mother has it too!! I am only 14 and cant let my life get worse day by day! plz help me ppl!! I beg u!~~

Please start by seeing a doctor.  If your family has good insurance (or Medicaid -- most states covers kids above the poverty level), I would start with an allergist or a pulmonologist.  If you lack insurance, there are often community clinics where you can go for treatment.


Asthma is a chronic disease that isn't really cured but can often be very effectively controlled.  Poor control causes many issues (and you know that!) and can even be life threatening.


How is it managed?  The first step is to try and figure out what causes your asthma.  This can often be an allergy (although asthma can also be triggered by other things such as cold air and exercise).  Regardless of the trigger, a doctor will work with you to reduce that trigger.  (In the case of allergies, this can involve everything from covering the mattress if the allergy is to dust to nasal sprays to allergy shots to limiting your exposure to certain things).


The doctor may also prescribe a slower acting medicine to help reduce the frequency and severity of attacks.  This most often an inhaler but could also be a pill.  And this is important:  asthma seems to sort of feed on itself and treatment can help reduce the inflammation.  Also important is to understand that this will not stop an asthma attack that you just started having -- it takes days to have an impact.


In addition, a doctor may prescribe a fast acting inhaler (often called a rescue inhaler).  This is designed to be used to treat a current asthma attack.


So the plan:  a) reduce the triggers that cause the asthma; b) longer term medication to help soothe the inflammation and reduce the severity/frequency; and c) a rescue inhaler when a and b fail.  If you find yourself using the rescue inhaler often, contact your doctor as the first two steps probably need refined.


Make sense? Good luck!

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