Allergic rhinitis affects around 18% of people in Australia and New Zealand and around 80% of people with asthma have allergic rhinitis, which can make asthma difficult to control. Females are more likely to experience this than males and is a leading chronic disease in children
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The most common asthma symptoms:
1. Coughing – This causes your airways to narrow, therefore more mucus will have formed.
2. Wheezing – This will occur when you breathe due to the narrowing of your airways.
3. Shortness of breath – Feeling breathless, occurs when the airways are too narrow to allow the air you need to be exhaled and inhaled.
4. Chest tightness – This is the feeling of the muscles around your airways tightening and can feel like there is something on top or squeezing the chest
Asthma symptoms are often worse at night or early morning, making it hard to sleep.
How can our products help?
Our asthma and allergy items provide oxygen and help to stabilise breathing. The main use of these products is to keep the lungs at a healthy and active capacity during asthma and allergy attacks.
Products such as our cardboard asthma spacer are a necessity as they maintain the release of medications such as sodium chloride irrigation solution from ending up in your throat, avoiding potential infection and being able to coordinate breathing accordingly.
These products allow people with asthma and allergies to live freely from their symptoms. These products can be used in the comfort of one’s home without the need for a prescription. They are the perfect items for emergency asthma attacks and allergic reactions. These products are also great for those with respiratory diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cystic fibrosis or those who have lung-related complications from a cold or flu.
The first step in managing asthma is knowing:
- What your symptoms are
- How to treat your symptoms
- How to avoid triggering your symptoms
REFERENCES
- https://asthma.org.au/about-asthma/asthma-symptoms/?utm_term=asthma%20condition&utm_campaign=Reef+-+Generic+-+Asthma+-+BMM&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=6603400176&hsa_cam=16624475716&hsa_grp=140456700211&hsa_ad=588948456665&hsa_src=g&hsa_tgt=kwd-312873085400&hsa_kw=asthma%20condition&hsa_mt=p&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gclid=Cj0KCQiAo-yfBhD_ARIsANr56g6YUfCbkRwroVA_3r8ze_5gQ2qZfpZZaNmo59kPTfr_57LE-6laPikaAm08EALw_wcB
- https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324947#:~:text=Doctors%20typically%20prescribe%20nebulizers%20to,cystic%20fibrosis
- AAFA Home Page
- https://www.allergy.org.au/patients/allergic-rhinitis-hay-fever-and-sinusitis/pollen-allergy
