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Asthma Prevention
The allergic reaction to coughing when one gets, as many describe it, "a feather in one's throat". The reaction is to cough violently
until the tickle is gone.
I call it itchy throat and the first most serious mistake is to cough. First make certain that all you've got is
itchy throat. It's a reaction in the back of your mouth just before the wind pipe to what seems to be a chemical irritation. This can be simulated by chewing one
aspirin tablet and waiting before swallowing and following with the usual glass of water. The acidasolosilic acid generated by the tablet when
dissolving in the saliva simulates almost exactly the preliminary to the development of
asthma, the feather-in-throat phenomenon or what I call itchy throat.
The subsequent development of asthma appears to be the allergic reaction that soon
develops because of the irritation of the cough in conjunction with the chemical irritation.
My remedy is if the cough is itchy throat, and it is not a true cough brought on by actual material in the windpipe brought up by the small hairs that help keep foreign matter out of the throat, then if it's only
itchy throat, the treatment seems to be sit as still as you can, concentrate, and don't cough. The irritation of coughing "tattoos" the localized trauma into the ultimate
spasmodic reaction of the asthmatic strictures of the airways with the accomp0anying wining or
whistly sounds.
What could bring on itchy throat? I experienced my bought with asthma in a very
asthma prone part of the world, France. It was brought on one summer by hard work in the restoration of a
medieval farm manor. In this situation it seems that it has something to do with the grasses. I learned earlier that areas of high growth of grass gives off a sort of irritant that seems to defend a stand of grass against severe damage from large mammals including something that induces mild
respiratory trauma.
But it was later when I learned of a study in a set of Caribbean islands of asthmatic children that annually
developed asthma and then it seemed to abate somewhat only to reoccur the next year. It was noted that the incidence of
asthmatic increase occurred only slightly behind an annual infestation of airborne
bacteria from Africa that was transported by annual meteorological phenomena.
Also I was aware of research into the coincidence of dust mite infestation with the incidence of asthma. That led me to theorize, perhaps coincidentally with those actually conducting
research in this matter, that it may be a spasmodic reaction of the lining of the bronchial tubes, and so on, to the
acidic presence of derivatives emanating from the reaction of the excreta of such organisms as the bacteria or the mites in reaction with
respiratory fluids such as mucus and so on.
Since I have only been able to conduct preliminary experiments on myself in the form of trying not to cough (and my wife, and anyone who might be willing to try something that may not at first make sense to them), the results have been significant in that it enabled me to observe that without inducing further irritation, the subsequent mucus that arrives after an incident seems to dilute the irritant, causing a tearing effect and a burning sort of sensation that replace the "feather"
phenomenon, and subsequently the disappearance of all symptoms.
Perhaps what treatment might be more conducive would be a respirator with a base p.h. to counter the acidic p.h. Meanwhile, I have found two remedies to the problems of
asthma:
1) In the case of advanced asthmatics, a total change of environment. In my case I moved from France to Indonesia, where my serious case of
asthma cleared up.
2) In the case of everyone else, at the first sign of itchy throat, don't cough. Relax as much as possible, concentrate on the area of
irritation, wait for the tearing effect that often accompanies the "attack", and when all symptoms clear, mildly clear the throat so as to not induce irritation.
Try to stay away from a fuzzy environment for your living space. Get rid of the rugs, try for wooden floors. Change your bedding after one or two years, at least the
mattress included. Try to dehumidify your living space and use hepa filters if you can
afford it to clean the air. That's giving yourself an "air brake". And some recommend
"vitamin x" (that's what I call it): a good cup of nice hot coffee (except up to six hours before bedtime).
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