Bronchial Asthma Treatment: Ipratropium
Posted in Health on October 2nd, 2009 by Jamie Sue Tan – Be the first to commentAsthma is a long-term, sometimes life-long illness, where the symptoms include wheezing, coughing, and difficulty in breathing. Asthma due to the narrowing of the bronchi is called bronchial asthma so as to distinguish it from cardiac asthma which is due to fluid accumulation and is more likely a symptom of an underlying heart disease. Bronchodilators are designed to deal with this bronchoconstriction.
Asthma is known for its recent increase in prevalence. It occurs in mostly urban children in early years. Sometimes, asthma symptoms disappear when a child reaches a certain age. However, the asthma can resurface when theyre older; typically reappearing for those in their late 30s to 50s. This can be attributed to the toxic environment. In the same environment, non-asthmatics may develop asthma.
A non-asthmatic naturally does not carry inhalers with them. They dont really need it. But in the event of a mild or acute asthma attack, especially one that happens for the first time, they still need bronchodilators. Bronchodilators commonly come in the form of albuterol, or salbutamol. But another inhaled bronchodilator was designed to relieve acute or new asthma symptoms.