Asthma Has Become a National Epidemic - A Review of Asthma

Asthma literally takes your breath away. It can be caused by a quick change of temperatures or other factors. One of the greatest factors precipitating an attack is an allergic substance entering the breathing tubes. It can seriously cripple a person and even cause death to occur.

There are a number of over the counter and prescription items to help a person with asthma overcome the symptoms. None are permanent and although some help restore breathing very quickly, they can lead to further lung damage over the long run. If you are not getting oxygen, then you have to do something and you have to do it NOW.

There is at least one natural product which I know has helped a number of asthmatic patients. For example, one of the true stories I got from a friend of mine who is a famous chiropractor who has been a featured speaker worldwide is of an elderly woman who could barely move from one chair to another in her home. Someone had to bring her mail to her from the mailbox which was about a city block from her farmhouse.

The good chiropractor became her doctor and had her begin using pycnogenol a the recommended ratio as well as other nutrients. There was dramatic improvement. In a few weeks she had developed the ability not only to move around in her home as freely as anyone else, but also could walk to her mail box to get her mail. Plenty of people offered to keep bringing her mail to her, but she refused the help. She was so happy to be able to get around again that she wanted to get her own mail. It took her a while because she would walk half way, sit for a spell, walk to the mailbox, sit down for a spell before beginning the return trip - again resting half way.

I have another friend who goes into asthmatic spasms when he goes from one temperature to one much colder. It can cause hm to almost stop breathing. He uses pycnogenol to control these attacks. His asthma has not gone away, but it is much better and he recovers from extreme temperature changes much more quickly than before. Pycnogenol has been a great bonus in overcoming these spasms, but is not a cure. There are no side effects and no further damage is done to the lungs which is the case with most of the medicines.