It is often necessary to have several appointments to make an accurate diagnosis and thus provide the right treatment.
Diagnosis
Asthma is often confused with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – COPD, but differs from that disease by its distinctive variety of symptoms, the widely varying lung capacity, and the rapid and good response to asthma medications.
It is often necessary to have several appointments to make the diagnosis, at least in the case of mild or moderate asthma, and if you do not have asthma attacks just under medical examination. Typically, normal lung capacity when no attack is in progress.
A doctor can measure lung function with spirometry, a survey that measures lung volume and airflow velocity.
Tests with asthma medicine, so-called reversibility test, is necessary to make the diagnosis. Such tests can be done in a doctor, but it is often better if the patient measuring lung capacity at home using a simple peak flow meter. One can then easily capture asthma attacks.
Treatment with drugs
If you use asthma medication that dissolves cramps in the muscles around the bronchial tubes, such as Bricanyl, Oxis, Serevent and others. These medications are used when necessary and is only symptom relief.
For longer term use is usually mucosa recovery. The immune cells, which are central in the process of asthma, disappear from the mucosa. Asthma symptoms are less frequent and relieved and raising the threshold for an asthma attack is triggered. These medications also protect the normal lung function in the long run. Without these medications leads to the chronic inflammation process to sustained constriction of the airways, and you get over the years a worse lung capacity.
Antileukotriene as Singulair or Accolate is also disease prevention and have a similar mode of action of cortisone. Corticosteroid tablets are used for acute exacerbation of asthma.
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