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Anonymous
September 15, 2004 -- Asthma is the most common chronic disease in the developed world. In the UK, around 3 million people have asthma with many of those having had it since childhood.
While asthma is generally seen as a common and non life threatening illness it brings misery and suffering to the lives of thousands and asthma attacks cause the deaths of some 1,900 people annually - the equivalent of one person every four hours.
If you suffer from asthma or are among the one in ten adults who have a child who does you will know the problems and suffering this terrible illness can cause.
There are many causes of asthma and while most people do suffer during childhood it is not uncommon for adults to develop 'late-onset' asthma. Some of the major causes of asthma in the UK today are hard to avoid, including hereditary asthma which is passed on from previous generations of your family.
Many aspects of our increasingly modern lifestyle such as changes in housing and diet and a more hygienic environment may have contributed to the rise in asthma over the last few decades. Smoking during pregnancy increases the chance of a child developing asthma and environmental pollution can make asthma symptoms worse but has not been proven to actually be a cause. Asthma may also develop after a viral infection and irritants found in the workplace may lead to a person developing asthma.
Currently there is no cure for asthma and while treatments are varied and have varying degrees of success most are medicines and have unwanted side effects. The main two types of treatments usually prescribed by doctors are what are described as 'relievers' and 'preventers'.
Everyone with asthma should have a reliever inhaler. Relievers are treatments taken to relieve asthma symptoms. They quickly relax the muscles surrounding the narrowed airways (within 5-10 minutes), making it easier to breathe again. Reliever treatments are safe and effective but have a few unwanted side effects. Sometimes, high doses of reliever treatment can slightly increase your heart beat or give you mild muscle shakes.
Preventers help to control swelling and inflammation in the airways. They also stop the airways from being so sensitive to asthma triggers. The protective effect of preventer treatments builds up over a period of time, so it is important that you take them every day, even if you are feeling well. Preventer treatments usually contain corticosteroids (a type of steroid) in low doses. These steroids are very safe, not addictive and are completely different to the anabolic steroids used by body builders and athletes, but they do often have unwanted side effects with the risk of a mouth infection called thrush and hoarseness of the voice.
While these medications are often necessary there is a completely natural treatment that will alleviate the symptoms of asthma and in many cases reduce the need for the use of both relievers and preventers. Powerbreathe is a respiratory muscle trainer which has shown in trials to have a great success rate with individuals, both adults and children, who suffer from asthma. In randomised, controlled trials, on mild / moderate asthmatics, Powerbreathe increased inspiratory muscle strength by a mean of 11% in just 3 weeks.
Powerbreathe is a completely natural product that trains your respiratory muscles, just as you would train other muscles, by using resistance to improve the strength and capacity of your lungs. By using Powerbreathe just a few minutes twice daily you can alleviate your suffering and combat the symptoms associated with asthma.
Many users of Powerbreathe have seen a great improvement in the quality of their lives and have reduced the use of relievers and steroid based preventer inhalers. By improving lung function naturally Powerbreathe gives you back the control and makes living with asthma much more manageable.
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