is there something different in your diet, preservatives especially 200 - 228 can cause asthma problems. Also the medical profession all tell us that we shouldn't have too much salt, but we need the right sort of salt to exist,(why do hospitals administer I V solution if this is not true),pure, natural salt. But we also need to have clean, filtered water to go with the salt or else we will hold on to our fluid & have blood pressure problems. I too have had asthma all my life, untill now, through researching the correct balance of salt & water & learning how to use it, i have eliminated my asthma to the stage that i am not using those drugs & sprays that have a range of life reducing side effects (even ventolin), I also have reduced my blood pressure down from 150/80 to 120/64. I have discovered that a grand majority of the population can be deficient in magnesium( be sure to have your kidney function tested first), & this has helped me to manage my asthma & lots of other health problems. nutritional balance & thyroid function are among the most important things we can study for our selves, there are no quick fixes but it's not as hard as we believe to learn how to take care of our selves if we only try!
hope this helps!

Hi there

I feel that you have an allergic reaction to something. Asthma is caused by allergies. This has been known for a long time.
(See; Asthma and Dairy, and, asthma and allergies, on the web) Food colouring, MSG, chlorine (known to cause breathing problems) but also medication like Atrovent, Ventolin and other cortico-steroids like Prednisone can CAUSE asthma attacks. Cortisone is triggered by the brain, and produced by the adrenals. But only a certain amount! Medications like the ones mentioned above release massive amounts which can actually lead to heart failure.(anaphylaxia)

I agree with 'Timeisshort" the drinking clean unchlorinated water, and lots of it can alleviate an asthma attack. It is a little bit like diluting your health problem. It works with migraine headaches so why not with asthma? Seasalt is also beneficial but small amounts.

The lung needs fluids to assist in the exchange of gasses in the alveoli of the lung. To maintain flexibility in the lung and bronchial passages Vitamin C is needed. It is the fuel for the connective tissue. Bronchial walls are part of that connective tissue.
Allergies deplete the system of Vitamin C and Vit.C deficiencies are so common that it is estimated that more than half the population is affected. Sub-clinical scurvy is a common problem.
I would suggest 3000 mg of vitamin C daily taken at regular intervals during the day. The RDA (recommended daily allowance) is 60 mg. This is enough for a person in a coma but if you have stresses in your life, the need for higher doses needs to be met.
I am not a doctor, so I can not take you off medication, no matter how harmful it is. I am a Kinesiologist and work with natural means. Your drugs might interfere with the absorption of this important Vitamin. That is another reason for a higher than recommended dose. If you have allergies you might not absorp half of the recommended dose.

Good luck

Kinetico

i agree with kinetico, but be carefull that you don't take too much vit c because as i have found out the hard way, it depleates magnesium which also causes an imbalance of the thyroid which is a much worse situation to be in because that then affects your whole bodies systems including the adrenals which could cause your asthma to become worse not better.
TO PONDER! The cells of our bodies are each surrounded with fluid that is as salty as the ocean! FACT!

The surface of the earth is approx 70% water, the water content of the human body is approx 70%! coincidence?

If water is the most important substance for life existance, where might the 84 minerals that constitute natural salts be in the importance of good health?!

recommended dose is for the maintenance of good health. If we are deficient or of lesser health, should we not need a modification of that dose(e g increased vit C).