Asthma is a chronic situation affecting the respiratory system. During an asthma attack, airways, which bring oxygen to and out of the lungs, tend to tighten and thus decrease the flow of air coming to the lungs. The airways are also inflamed and lined up with mucus. Those symptoms can happen several times a day or week, or a lot less often. The severity of the attacks also varies.

Different triggers can be responsible for asthma attacks and the breathlessness that is corollary. Asthma may also cause loss of consciousness and chest pain. It is a very serious condition and can at times prove to be lethal: indeed, while 300 million people suffer from asthma worldwide, asthma attacks account for the death of approximately 250,000 people every year.

People who have asthma also have to go through its side effects in their everyday life. Insomnia is a regular experience that may cause daytime fatigue, and may affect one’s professional and personal life. The World Health Organization even recognizes that "reduced activity levels" along with "school and work absenteeism" are often associated with asthma. Exercising will often be more difficult for people with asthma, which can for example be a factor of social isolation for children.

Although it is impossible to totally cure asthma, there are several ways to relieve and prevent the symptoms, making it possible for everybody that has asthma to exercise, stay in shape and have a normal life. With the appropriate treatments, there is no reason why anybody with asthma should not be allowed to enjoy an active life.

Various factors can trigger an asthma attack. Some can be very basic things like the temperature and humidity of the air. Nonetheless, the most common ones are natural environmental allergens, such as house dust mites, cockroaches, spore and pollen as well as pollution from chemical compounds, such as the ones found in perfumes and perfumed products, tobacco smoke or fossil fuel related air pollution. Medications such as aspirin or penicillin as well as certain foods, such as milk or peanuts, in case of food allergies, are also able to trigger asthma. Asthma attack may also happen after exercising.

Your emotional state can also be an important factor in triggering an asthmatic attack. Tension, anxiety and emotional stress are all able to trigger it. Many people suffering from an asthmatic attack also worsen their condition by falling prey to panic, an absolutely normal reaction to the scary experience they have to endure.

To better prevent asthmatic attacks, these triggers ought to be avoided as much as possible. Allergies are also responsible for triggering asthma attacks and allergy treatment may be used as a way to prevent them. There are however various kinds of asthma treatment. In the short-run, asthma attack treatment will provide relief in the case of an asthmatic attack. Asthma attack treatment is able to readily provide asthma relief, but individuals suffering from mild to severe asthma must use a long-run asthma treatment.

There are various sorts of bronchial asthma treatment available out there, but not all of them will work out for you. Bronchial asthma treatment as well as allergy treatment also have many side effects when taken regularly and for an extended period of time, particularly drugs containing corticosteroids or Beta2-adrenergic receptor agonists, the latter having cardiac side effects and increasing the risk of respiratory death. Such issues may explain why around fifty percent of asthmatic people use some form of alternative treatment, such as natural asthma treatment.

Even though almost no evidence shows the efficiency of treatments such as air ionizers or chiropractic, other sorts of natural asthma treatments such as homeopathy, yoga practices and hypnosis have shown significant results as asthma treatment. Hypnotherapy, just like yoga or meditation, albeit in a much faster and easier way, provides asthma relief because it can help control the psychological side of asthma through relaxation. With hypnosis you will become a lot more relaxed, which can help prevent asthmatic attacks. It will also allow you to better control the panic and fear during an attack, thus significantly reducing the symptoms. Most asthmatics are completely aware when an attack is imminent, and specific hypnotic techniques exist which enable the asthmatic person to completely abort an impending attack.

Asthma is a grave respiratory disease, which can prove really handicapping and at times even lethal. Drugs can help you with the physiological symptoms and can provide quick relief in case of an attack. Nonetheless these drugs have many negative side effects, particularly when taken too often. NLP and hypnotherapy will reduce your need for medication. It is also an efficient asthma treatment and asthma attack treatment and will help you prevent the occurrences of asthmatic symptoms.

Alan B. Densky, CH is an NGH certified Hypnotherapist. He is a full time practitioner who has created effective Asthma treatment hypnosis CD's. His Neuro-VISION Hypnosis & NLP site features free newsletters, an exceptional hypnosis research library, and free hypnosis videos.