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#5096 - 08/07/06 12:59 AM
Re: ASTHMA
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Registered: 01/07/04
Posts: 2
Loc: toronto,ontario,canada
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you can try fresh garlic about 6 cloves ans small piece of fresh ginger boil together for 15mins and strain and sweeten with honey 1 cup in the morning and 1 cup at night.good luck.my son has lamellar ichthyosis and asthma so iknow aht your experience on cool days he will have a runny nose and that tell me that hes getting sick ,especially when the weather goes form hot to cool so sudden the cough,i give him the above tea for a few days if it doesnt clear up in a few days i use the poffers , and antibiots if need be, but these are last resort for me. Originally posted by gryphon: Jamie:
Just read one of your other posts and saw that Vanessa has one of the more severe ich's likely lamellar. The research I referred to earlier made a genetic connection specifically between *ich vulgaris*, the filaggrin gene, and asthma/eczema.
Nonetheless, the 'physical' cause of asthma and eczema is that the reduced *barrier function* or abnormal permeability of IV skin allows foreign substances or allergens to enter the body through the skin. My understanding is that both asthma and eczema are the histamine reactions to these foreign substances entering the body. Lamellar, and other ich's, also has reduced barrier function so irritants could also be entering via the skin.
Asthma in my family, is simply constricted airways resulting in wheezing and difficulty breathing with no connection to colds/coughs. But it can be severe enough to require quick intervention (ie. hospital if medication is not handy). It is corrected by either using Ventolin (sp?) or Flovent inhalers depending on the severity. When allergens (ie. pollen) can be anticipated, anti-histamines like Reactine usually prevent the asthma attacks.
Interestingly in my family's experience, more frequent bathing to wash allergens off the skin (ie. after gardening or mowing the lawn, if pollen is a cause) also works very well to prevent asthma attacks. Sure you have to 'lotion-up' again, but it's worth the hassle to avoid the asthma. Depending on whether Vanessa's asthma is the result of allergens, you may want to see this technique is of benefit, if and when you identify the causes of her asthma.
[This message has been edited by gryphon (edited July 13, 2006).]
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#5099 - 08/07/06 05:07 PM
Re: ASTHMA
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Registered: 04/12/06
Posts: 298
Loc: Alberta, Canada
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I personally have never experienced an asthma attack or had eczema even though I would have a compromised skin barrier due to my moderate IV. Others in my family with IV have both asthma and eczema.
I think one reason that caused my better resistance to allergens is that in the first four years of my life I was exposed to the four different *unsanitized* environments. As my parents taught in remote Anglican mission/CMS schools during my infancy my immune system was exposed to really 'wild' changes. I was born in the jungles of Borneo, Malaysia while my parents taught the Dayak natives there. In my second year of life I was in the monsoon valleys of the Western Ghats in India. During my third year, they were teaching on the savanah of Uganda and after that I was in rural Canada for 2 years. During the first three years of my life I was drinking fresh *unpasteurized* cow or buffalo milk, was washing in and consuming untreated river water, well water or rain water, and was exposed to all manner of fauna and flora. I believe that as a consequence, I have a very healthy immune system that never has allergic reactions to anything and is generally resitant to bacterial infections.
My point is that my young immune system got a real work-out when I was in my earliest development. That has benefitted me in the long run as my body is able to distinguish between friend and foe. That's what a allergic histamine reaction...when your body reacts to something harmless, like pollen or nuts, as if it is being attacked by a harmful foreign substance. Having ich children, if you try to shield them too much from bacteria and allergens early on, you will be hindering the ability of their immune systems to be able to tell what is good and what is bad and thereby encumbering them in the long run. Recent research has show that the increase in allergies and even certain auto-immune diseases in the West has some connection to the overly germ-conscious, anti-bacterial society that prevails in many Western countries. Some studies have even shown that infants who grow up around dogs or farms have much stronger immune systems and less allergies.
So while you should try to prevent bacterial infections in children, don't become fanatical in cutting all exposure to germs/bacteria. A young immune system needs this exposure to strengthen itself and fine-tune its response parameters. So let them eat dirt once in a while and limit the anti-bacterial products around the house. Germs aren't always bad.
jdante:
I just googled garlic and it is indeed a natural expectorant.
I have in the past boiled black tea with ginger, coursely cracked black pepper and honey/sugar as an 'elixir' to soothe a cold. I certainly will add garlic next time.
BTW to anyone who tries the tea I mentioned, make sure you grind the pepper *coursely*...you have to be able to be strain it out before serving. It actually tastes pretty good. What the garlic will do to the flavour, I'm not sure.
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#5100 - 08/07/06 06:24 PM
Re: ASTHMA
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Registered: 01/14/03
Posts: 515
Loc: virginia
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I have asthma, and had it since birth. I am the carrier of XLI, but asthma is in my family regardless. My boys two of them have had to take medication. (not daily) My oldest when he has a lung infection/cold. That tends to aggravate it. When he was younger, especially in the spring, when allergy season hit, he would have to carry his inhailer just in case, plus take allergy meds. (he has not been on long term meds) My youngest son, he came home from the hospital with a nebulizer, but he needed it infrequently, and for the past two years, (you know I just jinxed myself right), he hasn't needed it. I have it the worst, and I am on Seravent, and a neblizer, and Zyrtec, and albuterol,daily steriods when needed. You name it, I have probably had to take it, or I am on it. Sometimes my asthma is allergy triggered, dust, dander, mold, pets. I have to keep my bed sealed, as to not have too many dust mites. (the boys beds are that way too, just because it never occured to me to do it anyother way)No feather pillows, they keep dust and mites. Sometimes, my asthma is triggered by strong smells, like lotion with perfume, or a strong scented hairspray, new laundry detergent that has a strong perfume scent, or even a change in my shampoo! Vicks vapor rub would kill me! (crazy, but I have been living this way my whole life) Occasionally, back to the allergy thing, it is food triggered-preservatives, nuts. Last, mine is also sports triggered, but usually only if my lungs are recovering from illness or a bad allergy induced attack. Controling it for me is to try to not get sick (not easy), or stay on my allergy medication and Servent. Avoiding triggers which are trial and error. I know servent does not have the greatest track record, but I need this medication to breath, I have no choice. So far, I feel my boys have been extremely lucky to only have the XLI and not so much the asthma. I hope (one wish from me to them) is that they never have asthma the way I have it. I was also in the hospital when I was young, constantly for Pneumonia. The bright side is that there are so many more ways to treat asthma now, that your daughters lungs will not be damaged nearly as bad as mine were early in life. Talk to her doctor often, consult with a pulmonary dr too. Maybe an allergist. Then start weeding out different things that trigger it. (speaking of weeding, ragweed and I are not friends) (ooo, I left out strong scented candles, air freshners, and cigarette smoke).
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