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The asthma is a pulmonary illness with the following characteristics:
- Obstruction of the entire or partially reversible airline, spontaneously well or with treatment.
- Inflammation bronchial and remodeled (fibrosis) of the architecture of the bronchus, with infiltration of the mucous membrane for eosinófilos and other cells, and a major or minor fibrosis grade subepitelial permanent, an in symptoms absence.
- Bronchial hyperreactivity, or developing answer of the airline opposite to different stimuli.
The treatment with inhalers is one of the most useful and most frequent.
The inhalers are small devices, easily trasportables, that liberate medication in the shape of aerosol to be inhaled. On having been excused in small doses, it is possible to obtain a big benefit in the asthma (and other pulmonary illnesses) without big side effects. The medication is dissolved in a liquid and shut up in a hermetic deposit. East is covered by a piece of plastic, which, on having pressed it on the deposit, liberates medication através of a mouth piece.
MORE USED MEDICATIONS
Broncodilatores: They are used to rescue or to improve an asthma crisis. Nowadays there is algn medicine of supported effects and of use as preventive.
Corticosteroides: They are used like preventive of the asthma, it has anti-inflammatory effects in the bronchial mucous membrane.
Nedocromil: Also it is used like antiinflmatorio in the asthma.
METHOD OF USO OF THE INHALERS
1. - Take the inhaler in his hand.
2. - Wave it vigorously to mix the medicine and especially the exit of the same one is liberated by deposits (residues) generated in the pipe of expulsion.
3. - Remove the lid of the mouth piece.
4. - Put his index finger on the cartridge and up, the plastic piece stays down on the tweezer of the thumb and the palm of the hand.
5. - The mouth piece Must put to 1 ó 2 cm of the lips (or between the lips).
6. - Expire all the air of his lungs (blows).
7. - Inhale Again slowly and of deep form, simultaneously it must press the catucho with the index finger, being necessary the exit of the medicine before finishing the entire inspiration.
8. - Close the mouth and support the respiration at least 10 seconds. Later he can breathe normally.
9. - If it must realize more than one inhalation he must wait between 1 and 5 minutes between every inhalation.
By means of this method a better deposit of the medicine is obtained in the lung, for it it does more effect, with a minor deposit in the mouth and the language. This prevents the presence of diverse inconveniences (dryness, aphonia, fungi, etc...)
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