What Every Expecting Couple MUST Know About Asthma And Pregnancy
March 22, 2009 by admin
Filed under Asthma In Children
When you are pregnant and you have asthma, your major concern should be your safety and that of your unborn child.
Extreme care is important to be able to stay safe from asthmatic attacks when you are pregnant.
Imagine how disastrous it will be for you and your unborn child if you always expose yourself to asthmatic attacks daily.
Below are WAYS you should take to protect yourself and unborn child from the dangers of asthma:
Prevention- The first step is to prevent asthmatic attacks in the first place. You should avoid things that can trigger your asthma, such as smoke, dust, strong smell, and the likes. In this first step, the maxim is true that “Prevention is better than cure”, especially with your pregnancy and asthmatic condition.
Also, keep your home, especially bedding, free from dust mites by always getting quality vacuuming and decontamination done for you. This will help you a lot to get rid of dust and dust mites… to a large extent.
You could also take preventive asthma drugs that are safe for your unborn child, as a pregnant woman. Such preventive asthma drugs include steroid inhalers with Becotide; Cromoglycate; Theophylline; Relievers; Salbutamol… to mention a few.
These preventive asthma drugs have been used for ages by many pregnant asthmatic victims without any harmful effect on the unborn babies.
Note that before taking these preventive asthmatic drugs, you should consult with your doctor and make sure you tell him you are pregnant, so that you will know how best to advice you. And he will know the best drugs you should take.
Also, always have your inhaler close by to use in case you experience any asthmatic triggers.
Most especially, you should not stay too far away from help when you are pregnant. Like I said “prevention is better than cure”, so it pays to always stay close to source of help when you are asthmatic and pregnant.
You don’t want to experience an asthmatic attack when you are pregnant and not to have someone around to help you out. Trust me on that.
