The Relation Between Hydroxygen Plus and Asthma
Hydroxygen Plus is an oxygen therapy product that is needed by people with asthma. Because asthmatic breathing problems and oxygen intake, then this Hydroxygen administration will be very beneficial for them, in addition, Hydroxygen also help clean the pollutants that enter the body, which allegedly also a contributing factor in the occurrence of asthma. Many reports state that after regular use of Hydroxygen Plus they become dependent on asthma medications, even completely free. Hydroxygen Plus makes the breath return smoothly and the energy increases.
What is asthma?
ASMA is a chronic inflammatory disease in the airways. This inflammation makes the airways give an excessive response (hyperactivity) so that it narrows and is covered by the production of lots and concentrated mucus which results in limited airflow.
What are the symptoms of asthma?
The main symptom of asthma is shortness of breath accompanied by wheezing or often called wheezing. Asthma sufferers usually have a history of coughing that is particularly difficult at night or dawn, recurrent wheezing, often feeling difficult to breathe and often feel like a tied chest.
In an asthma attack, smooth muscles of the bronchus experience seizures and the tissue lining the airways undergo swelling due to inflammation and release of mucus into the airways. This will reduce the diameter of the airways (called bronchoconstriction) and this narrowing causes the sufferer to try his best to breathe.
Asthma causes a disturbance in quality of life because the symptoms it causes are both shortness of breath, coughing and wheezing. Patients become sleep deprived or disturbed by their daily activities. Not to mention the costs of treatment. Although rare, asthma can lead to death.
When did an asthma attack occur?
The frequency and severity of asthma attacks vary in each patient, as in people with severe asthma who experience attacks almost every day. Wheezing sounds are mainly heard when the patient exhales. At other times, an asthma attack occurs slowly with symptoms that gradually worsen. The attack can last for several minutes or can last for several hours or even for several days. During the occurrence of an asthma attack, shortness of breath can become more severe so that it can cause anxiety. As a reaction to anxiety, the patient will sweat a lot, in a very severe attack, the patient becomes difficult to speak because the tightness is very great.
Patients with moderate asthma attack on average three times a week, and mild asthma with attacks about twice a week.
How do you know the severity of an asthma attack?
- The severity of asthma can be measured by how often the symptoms of asthma occur during the day and at night and some severe pulmonary function is impaired.
- Asthma attacks can occur at any time but the inflammation that occurs in the airways is chronic (persists for a long time).
- Basic problems in asthma are located in the narrowing of the airways in the form of the inflammatory reaction (due to allergic reactions) which is a response to stimuli which in normal lungs will not affect the respiratory tract.
What can trigger an asthma attack?
Some allergens can trigger asthma attacks, including:
- Dust in the house comes from kapok mattresses, carpets, sofas, old clothes stored in cabinets, roofs of houses, old books/archive papers, etc.
- Food ingredients, especially types of marine fish, shrimp, cow's milk, eggs, chocolate, nuts, etc. (while foodstuffs that have irritating characteristics, spicy, cold, gummy, sweet/sour, foreign, etc. are not causes but triggers an asthma attack).
- Changes in the environment are not expected (changes in the weather, humidity, temperature, air pollution, cigarette smoke and smells that stimulate), feathers originating from agricultural material (pollen, hay, grasses, bagasse, etc.) ingredients derived from poultry feathers and feces as well as domestic animals.
- Effect of drugs such as penicillin, sulfa and aspirin which can be a precipitating factor for asthma attacks.
- Other triggers may be exhausted mind, respiratory infections, especially certain influenza disease, physical activity and stress (strong emotions, such as feeling overly excited or feeling upset because of not all romantic working atmosphere n or feeling sad because of new breakup.
What is the research about allergens against the incidence of asthma?
Allergens are substances in the environment that insensitive people can cause allergic or asthma symptoms.
In asthma, allergens that can trigger are inhalant allergens, such as house dust mites, cockroaches, and animal skin flakes such as dogs and cats. In research in Jakarta, 77% of children with asthma react allergically to house dust mites, while roaches 44%. While cat and dog skin flakes only showed allergic reactions of 7% and 4%.
If the house dust mite factor can be eliminated, the prevalence of asthma in Jakarta by 7.5% can be reduced to 71%. This effort is not easy because house dust mites are everywhere and resistant to heat. However, efforts to avoid house dust mites must still be done.
The role of air pollution as a trigger for asthma is still controversial. Most researchers do not support air pollution as a cause of asthma. This is evident from research in several developed and developing countries.
East Germany, which before joining West Germany had industries with high air pollution, had a lower asthma prevalence (3.9%) compared to West Germany (5.8%). Likewise, western countries such as Australia, New Zealand which have low air pollution have a high prevalence of asthma (20-30%).
In contrast, in Africa, the prevalence of asthma is higher in urban areas compared to rural areas.
As well as reports in an area in France that has high ozone levels in urban areas, it increases the prevalence of asthma. Ozone is the result of photochemical reactions involving ultraviolet radiation (sunlight) in NO2 and hydrocarbons produced by vehicle emissions.
For in Indonesia alone, Dr. Heru Sundaru's research from the Department of Internal Medicine FKUI / RSCM, which was carried out in Jakarta and Subang simultaneously showed levels of air pollution in Jakarta 3-4 times higher than Subang, including ozone levels, except SO2 3 levels -4 times higher in Subang, which is thought to be from the pollution of the still active Tangkuban Perahu Mountain.
The impact is more symptoms of coughing and wheezing in Subang, but asthma in Jakarta is significantly more severe. Compared to Bandung (5.2%), Semarang (5.5%), and Denpasar (4.3%), the prevalence of asthma in Jakarta is the highest (7.5%).
