Different stages of asthma

Occasionally 1

Under twice a week, symptoms should be good after at least 6 weeks

Life saving consumption

Getting up at night twice a month

Normal activity between attacks

Healthy lung band between attacks

Recurrence 0 to 1 time per year

For exercise-induced asthma, it is sufficient to take Montelukast or Faba spray two hours before exercise

Continuous mild 2

Waking up at night 3 to 4 times a month

Symptoms more than twice a week but not every day (but accepted every other day)/rescue consumption more than twice a week but not every day

Activity is slightly disturbed between attacks

Healthy lung band between attacks

Recurrence once a year

If the problem persists, come back within 2 to 4 weeks to be upgraded

Continuous average 3

daily symptoms

Daily life saving consumption

Waking up two or more nights a week

Impaired daily activity

The reduction of the lung capacity between 60 and 80% of the capacity, of course, every day

Recurrence more than 2 times

Intense continuous 4

Symptoms every hour 

Consuming a lifesaver

He does not sleep every night

Limited activity

Lung volume below 60% of lung capacity

Recurrence more than 2 times

Facing the attack

A mild attack will improve at home with a spray and rest

Moderate attacks can be treated in clinics

A severe attack happens in a few hours

Severe attack spend the night in the hospital

The nature of asthma

Asthma always has three problems and should be careful in attacking all three

Airway obstruction that is invasive and reversible 

A reactive airway that stays for a long time and is potentially prone to problems

inflammation

Causes of attack

Most viral infection

Contact with allergens

contact with stimuli

Lack of chronic asthma control treatment (disease condition) 

No flow up 

 Not arriving and not having medicine

Duration of the attack

In mild attack from seconds to minutes and in moderate to high attack from minutes to days

Although more days are involved, the chances of relapse and subsequent relapses are higher.

Education in asthma based on comprehensive adherence

1-Understanding the understanding of asthma – disease and attack means both the chronic course and determining the severity of the attack (sudden relapse)

and gradual relapse (disease) and the art of identifying the first sign of any kind of relapse

2-Understanding the two types of rescue/maintenance treatment and the general goal of treatment or control

3- Understanding the assessment of response to treatment and recovery

4- The skill of using different devices/cabinet/peak flowmeter/nebulizer

5-Understanding the action plan/roadmap and changes in accordance with the patient’s condition

6- Avoiding environmental irritants/allergens and avoiding them as soon as possible

7- Creating a support circle for the doctor/nurse/pharmacist/hospital/patient/family/school and his/her nurse/workplace

 

Self-care training

Having a self-care roadmap

Promise to abstain as much as possible

Weight loss in case of obesity/influenza vaccine/vitamin D

Please provide your medicine quickly

Take all your medications as scheduled

Check the correct method of use and the correct way to use the sprays with the doctor or pharmacist website

It is necessary to take medicine even in good condition to prevent attacks and relapses

Calling the site and making an appointment whenever you have not managed to control the disease

Know the permitted use or limit of your medicines

Do your asthma control test daily or every few days

Half a minute between the puffs of a medicine, but 10 seconds is enough for another type, and in all inhalers, it should not be in the mouth or in the chamber or 3 cm in front of the mouth (two knuckles).

Important point 

The correct method of any spray should be learned by taking help from the pharmacy and its personnel, as well as from the brochure paper inside the box or by searching on our website and other places.