World Asthma Day 2013
World asthma day is an annual event hold by GINA (Global Initiative for Astha) to improve asthma awareness and care around the world. This year, world asthma day will take place in May 7 with the theme "You can control your asthma". Unfortunately, there are still so many people who don't know how to maitain/control this diseases, and some of them don't have access to the treatment. There are even people who don't know that they have asthma. So, with World Asthma Day, The GINA Board of Directors want to emphasize that effective asthma treatments exist and, with proper diagnosis, education, and treatment, the great majority of asthma patients can achieve and maintain good control of their disease.
This make me remember the feeling last time i got very bad asthma. It was like going to sink to the ocean floor, tried to swim to the surface so that i could breathe normally, but i just couldn't, and my chest began to hurt so much. I wanted to call someone, but i didn't have the energy even to make sound. At time like that, i always think.."ahhh i'm going to die now.." and scared. But then i always talk to myself "don't panic..just find the reliever medicine quickly....". I tried not to panic because it can make your asthma worse.
There was time i got asthma suddenly while i was in supermarket, and i didn't bring my reliever medicine. Fortunately, the supermarket is near my house so i just shopped as fast as i could and go home.
There are many factors that can set off an asthma attack (or called "trigger"). Allergens (e.g. dust, animal fur, cockroach, etc), exercises, tobacco smoke, air pollution, strong emotional expressions (sad/happy/angry), chemical irritants, and drugs. For me, all the factors mentioned is my asthma trigger, plus strong smell. whether its nice smell (perfume, cologne, etc) or bad smell like garbage.
Some of my "friends" (who don't have asthma) don't know how it feels when asthma come to you. So please don't judge as you like. I hate some people who don't take asthma seriously. Maybe, they think asthma is just like normal cough or just normal out-of-breath? But at the other side i feel like dying. Why don't you just help me to relieve my asthma or bring me some water? But if you don't know what you have to do to help me, please remain silent. Please don't laugh at me or say something unnecessary that can make me want to hit you on your face.
Usually during asthma attack, i will not be able to talk for a while.because i'm trying hard to relieve it and control my breath.
As i mentioned earlier...asthma can be controlled. The goal of asthma treatment is not to cure asthma, but to make asthma patient can control their disease. There are some treatment that involving hospital, medicine, and doctors.
But i want to minimalized it. I don't want to go to hospital often ;p. So i just have to identify and reduce exposure to asthma trigger.
This make me remember the feeling last time i got very bad asthma. It was like going to sink to the ocean floor, tried to swim to the surface so that i could breathe normally, but i just couldn't, and my chest began to hurt so much. I wanted to call someone, but i didn't have the energy even to make sound. At time like that, i always think.."ahhh i'm going to die now.." and scared. But then i always talk to myself "don't panic..just find the reliever medicine quickly....". I tried not to panic because it can make your asthma worse.
There was time i got asthma suddenly while i was in supermarket, and i didn't bring my reliever medicine. Fortunately, the supermarket is near my house so i just shopped as fast as i could and go home.
There are many factors that can set off an asthma attack (or called "trigger"). Allergens (e.g. dust, animal fur, cockroach, etc), exercises, tobacco smoke, air pollution, strong emotional expressions (sad/happy/angry), chemical irritants, and drugs. For me, all the factors mentioned is my asthma trigger, plus strong smell. whether its nice smell (perfume, cologne, etc) or bad smell like garbage.
Some of my "friends" (who don't have asthma) don't know how it feels when asthma come to you. So please don't judge as you like. I hate some people who don't take asthma seriously. Maybe, they think asthma is just like normal cough or just normal out-of-breath? But at the other side i feel like dying. Why don't you just help me to relieve my asthma or bring me some water? But if you don't know what you have to do to help me, please remain silent. Please don't laugh at me or say something unnecessary that can make me want to hit you on your face.
Usually during asthma attack, i will not be able to talk for a while.because i'm trying hard to relieve it and control my breath.
As i mentioned earlier...asthma can be controlled. The goal of asthma treatment is not to cure asthma, but to make asthma patient can control their disease. There are some treatment that involving hospital, medicine, and doctors.
But i want to minimalized it. I don't want to go to hospital often ;p. So i just have to identify and reduce exposure to asthma trigger.
- Stay away from smokers (it's quite difficult because there are a lot of people smoke freely around us X(
- Better not to keep animals with fur, or, if you love animals, use air filters. Remove animals from the home, or at least from sleeping area)
- Clean home thoroughly often. reduce dampness in the home.