Bemes Home Medical offers a wide array of Asthma and Allergy products to assist with better respiratory function and daily living.
Asthma is a lung disease which results in difficulty breathing, caused by airways being blocked or narrowed. These results are usually temporary, but they can cause shortness of breath, trouble breathing and other symptoms. This is a chronic disease that affects 20 million Americans, regardless of race, age or sex. There is still a great deal of research that needs to be done to fully understand how to prevent, treat and cure asthma. However, people can live healthy and active lives with proper management. Education is the first step toward erasing myths concerning life with Asthma. If an asthma attack is severe, a person may need to seek treatment at an emergency facility to restore normal breathing.
Asthma can be controlled by staying away from known irritants and controlling the amount of irritants in your environment. It can also be controlled by monitoring your lung function by using a peak flow meter. By controlling your asthma every day, you will be able to take an active role in daily activities, have fewer attacks and experience fewer asthma symptoms.
For long term control of your asthma, you may be prescribed medicines taken on a daily basis. The type of medication that is used to control asthma should be inhaled using a spacer or valved holding chamber.
For some patients who are unable to use in inhaler, a nebulizer may be an alternative option. Nebulizers work by creating a mist with the asthma medications and the patient breathes that medication mist through a mask that is worn over the nose and mouth.
Bemes Home Medical offers a wide array of nebulizers, spacers, holding chambers and peak flow meters for our patient’s needs.
Allergies are diseases of the immune system that cause an overreaction to substances called “allergens”. Allergies are identified by several different factors; time of year, appearance on the body, drug and food allergies, latex, insects, skin and eye allergies. People who have allergies can live healthy and active lives.