Treatment of bronchial asthma

There are many treatments for bronchial asthma, which is also the case with current medicine. Bronchial asthma is a common disease in humans, and there are many causes of this type of bronchial asthma. There are still many people suffering from bronchial asthma around us. If we pay attention, we will find that many people with bronchial asthma have different daily lives from ordinary people. It can be seen that bronchial asthma brings great inconvenience to patients' daily lives.

There are many symptoms of bronchial asthma. The most common symptom of general patients is wheezing. If the disease cannot be controlled in time, there is a high possibility of death due to lack of breathing. This is also one of the reasons why many bronchial asthma patients are very afraid.

So, let’s talk about the treatment of bronchial asthma.

Bronchial asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways involving multiple cells (such as eosinophils, mast cells, T lymphocytes, neutrophils, airway epithelial cells, etc.) and cell components. This chronic inflammation leads to airway hyperresponsiveness, usually with widespread and variable reversible airflow limitation, and causes recurrent symptoms such as wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness or cough, which often occur at night and/or early morning. Most patients can relieve themselves or with treatment.

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1. Treatment purpose

Treatment should be carried out actively to achieve complete control of symptoms. Protect and maintain lung function as normal as possible. The key to avoiding or reducing adverse drug reactions is a reasonable treatment plan and long-term treatment.

2. Medication

According to their mechanism of action, they can be divided into two categories: bronchodilator and anti-inflammatory. Some drugs have both bronchodilator and anti-inflammatory effects.

(1) Bronchodilators: β2 receptor agonists and theophylline.

(2) Anti-inflammatory drugs: glucocorticoids, leukotriene modifiers, sodium cromoglycate and sodium nidoate, anti-IgE monoclonal antibodies, and antihistamines.

3. Long-term treatment

Asthma treatment drugs are divided into controller drugs and reliever drugs according to their role in the long-term treatment of asthma.

(1) Control medications, also known as maintenance medications, are medications that require long-term daily use. These medications primarily achieve and maintain clinical control of asthma through anti-inflammatory effects.

(2) Relief medications, also known as rescue medications, are medications used as needed. These medications relieve asthma symptoms by quickly relieving spasms.

(3) Control-graded treatment should be based on the severity of the patient's condition, and the appropriate treatment plan should be selected according to the control level.

4. Immunotherapy

Asthma is an allergic disease, so immunotherapy occupies a certain position in asthma. Immunotherapy is divided into specific and nonspecific types.

5. Treatment of acute attacks.

6. Treatment of special types of asthma.

As can be seen from the above, there are many treatments for bronchial asthma, and each treatment for bronchial asthma is relatively targeted. However, due to the particularity of bronchial asthma, many bronchial asthma patients generally cannot be cured immediately. This is a long and complicated process, so our bronchial asthma patients must have enough confidence to treat bronchial asthma.