Military service

[Samurai Waki]

Perhaps the US should start some Conscription type System. Of course that would make us an even more evil empire.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

Perhaps the US should start some Conscription type System. Of course that would make us an even more evil empire.

I think the US is to nice really



How about me Swiss, they got a Conscroption for their mitlita,right?

[Lorenzo_H]

Is there a cure for asthma?

Anything short of a total lung transplant? No.
You can treat it, but it's there for life.

Kekvit is right, there is no "cure" in that you can't take an antibiotic and make it go away. However, you can get rid of it permanently, and is especially possible in mild forms of either excercise or allergen induced (as opposed to emotionally induced) asthma. To accomplish this the following steps can be taken:

1. Cardiovascular excercise. The primary way of overcoming asthma is to practice excercise. Since asthma is basically your bodies over-reaction to excercise and or allergens (see below), you can build a kind of immunity to these reactions. If you're lungs can't stand excercise, chances are you need to give it more so they become accustomed to the new state of breathing nessessary in excercise.

2. Immunity to allergens in the air which can bring about asthma attacks, such as dust and dust mites, which I am allergic to, can be brought about by seeing an allergist about taking allergy shots. Allergy shots can be given once it has been established by means of a scratch-test what you are actually allergic to. They are basically injections of the allergen which calm your nervous system when future, larger invasions of the substance arise. Allergies are a result of your immune response being too efficient. By toning it with allergy shots, you can eliminate allergen induced asthma attacks.

Allergy and asthma induced asthma most often come together. The chances are, if you have one, you have the other. They also work in pairs, for instance while you are excercising, you might have to breathe deeper which would result in the allergens having access to more of your lungs, etc.

If you have emotionally induced asthma, sorry, I don't know anything about it.

[Kadagar_AV]

Heh, during cold responce 06 I was in hospital:(

dehydration... not exactly the proudest moment of my life, I kind of should know better than that. Well, in theory.

[Caius]

Nice Post Lorenzo.

I have exercise induced asthma, and I dont practice too much exercises, and I dont feel I can. I will need to do more exercise

[Lorenzo_H]

Nice Post Lorenzo.

I have exercise induced asthma, and I dont practice too much exercises, and I dont feel I can. I will need to do more exercise

You also might want to try a few breathing excercises. One which is reccommended as effective at controlling asthma over continued use is called the "controlled pause" which is when you breathe out (not in) of your nose and then hold your breath for as long as you can. You must hold your breath after you have breathed out because it is more difficult, and you must use your nose because you need to train yourself to use your nose always - it is a more efficient way of breathing. Keep doing controlled pauses every day a until you can hold your breathe for about 2 minutes or more. If you can keep this up, it will certainly help your asthma. WARNING: Be careful not to pass out while trying to hold your breath! My friend managed to do it once.

[Beirut]

The Military Asthma Service Thread. wheeze...





Yep, the old sticky lungs kept me out of the army as well.

That's why we have Goofball. He stands on guard for we.