| Asthma stinks, and every asthma sufferer knows | | | | from mouth/nostrils to the lungs) to help air |
| it. There are many remedies to ease asthma | | | | move about the lungs more freely. Rather than |
| symptoms, most popularly an albuterol inhaler. | | | | receiving medicine in the mouth, breathing it right |
| One remedy that many asthma sufferers are not | | | | into the lungs is much more effective for rapid |
| aware of though, is using a hand held nebulizer. | | | | relief of asthma symptoms. |
| A hand held nebulizer is basically like an inhaler in | | | | Hand held nebulizer treatments generally last |
| that it sprits out a subtle liquid vapor of medicine. | | | | between 15 and 20 minutes. It is generally |
| The asthma sufferer wears a mask connected to | | | | performed on young children and infants, as most |
| the nebulizer and breathes in the fine vapor, which | | | | are not old enough to know how to operate an |
| is distributed from the machine through plastic | | | | albuterol inhaler. Adults also use a hand held |
| tubing and into a mouthpiece in the mask area. | | | | nebulizer when necessary as well. |
| Most times, oxygen or air pressure is used to | | | | There are some drawbacks, however, to using a |
| deliver the fine vapor of medicine. However, for | | | | hand held nebulizer or an inhaler. Yes, using these |
| asthmatics who can't use a metered-dose inhaler | | | | two methods of easing asthma symptoms is |
| (i.e. people with acute, intense asthma, as well as | | | | effective, but the asthma is never permanently |
| young children and babies), an ultrasonic nebulizer | | | | cured; it is only relieved temporarily. Also, asthma |
| is used. | | | | drugs sometimes have some negative side |
| How does the medicine in a hand held nebulizer | | | | effects. Nonetheless, there are many alternative |
| work? | | | | ways to permanently cure your asthma, and the |
| The medicine distributed from the machine helps | | | | techniques are pretty simple actually. Those |
| the asthma sufferer by loosening phlegm and | | | | techniques are outside the scope of this article, |
| mucous that is sitting inside the lungs so that it will | | | | but it is good to know that they are available. A |
| be coughed out easier than if not receiving the | | | | simple internet search for "natural asthma cure" |
| nebulizer treatments. It also relaxes the muscles in | | | | should help you find them. |
| the trachea (a.k.a. the windpipe, or your airway | | | | |