Wednesday, June 15, 2022

69 degrees and mostly cloudy

I am baking a whole wheat sourdough with all purpose flour with a cup of home cooked chick peas + their aquafaba,  olive oil, and Adobo thrown in. 

It's still intense breathing weather with all of the oak and grasses setting off asthma from pollen. Luckily swimming and saxophone playing are bronchodilators along with coffee and tea.

What are bronchodilators?

Bronchodilators relieve asthma symptoms by relaxing the muscle bands that tighten around the airways. This action rapidly opens the airways, letting more air come in and out of the lungs. As a result, breathing improves. Bronchodilators also help clear mucus from the lungs. As the airways open, the mucus moves more freely and can be coughed out more easily.

What are the forms of bronchodilators?

There are two forms of bronchodilators:

  • Short-acting bronchodilators (albuterol) relieve or stop asthma symptoms. You use your “rescue inhaler” to stop an asthma attack.
  • Long-acting bronchodilators help control asthma symptoms by keeping the airways open for 12 hours. You use these inhalers every day to prevent asthma attacks.


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