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ASTHMA:
ASTHMA IS A LUNG DISEASE THAT CAUSES YOUR AIRWAYS TO
TIGHTEN UP, MAKING IT HARD FOR YOU TO BREATHE.
THERES NO CURE FOR ASTHMA. EVEN IF YOU HAVE ASTHMA
AND FEEL HEALTHY, ASTHMA FLARES (WHEN SYMPTOMS
BECOME SEVERE) CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME.
ASTHMA IS ESTIMATED TO OCCUR IN ABOUT 4.% OF
PREGNANCIES, TYPICALLY OCCURRING AS A PREEXISTING
COMORBIDITY, ALTHOUGH SOME CASES OF ASTHMA MAY
INITIALLY PRESENT DURING A PREGNANCY .
INFECTIONS
INFECTIONS LIKE A COLD, THE FLU OR VIRAL PNEUMONIA,
CAN TRIGGER ASTHMA SYMPTOMS IN SOME PEOPLE.
EXERCISE
EXERCISECAN CAUSE ASTHMA SYMPTOMS IN SOME
PEOPLE. IF YOUR ASTHMA IS UNDER CONTROL, YOU
PROBABLY CAN EXERCISE WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. BUT
IF EXERCISING DURING PREGNANCY SETS OFF YOUR
ASTHMA, TALK TO YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.
SPIROMETRY
MANAGEMENT IN ASTHMA:
PREGNANT WOMENMANAGE ASTHMA THE SAME WAY NONPREGNANT WOMEN DO.
LIKE ALL PEOPLE WITH ASTHMA, PREGNANT WOMEN NEED TO HAVE
AN ASTHMA ACTION PLANTO HELP THEM
CONTROLINFLAMMATIONAND PREVENT AND CONTROLASTHMA
ATTACKS.
PART OF A PREGNANT WOMAN'S ACTION PLAN SHOULD BE TO
RECORD FETAL MOVEMENTS. YOU CAN DO THIS BY NOTING
WHETHER FETAL KICKS DECREASE OVER TIME. IF YOU NOTICE LESS
FETAL ACTIVITY DURING AN ASTHMA ATTACK, CONTACT YOUR
DOCTOR OR EMERGENCY HELP IMMEDIATELY TO GET INSTRUCTIONS.
ASTHMA MEDICATIONS:
BRONCHODILATORSSHORT-ACTING
BRONCHODILATORS RAPIDLY RELIEVE ASTHMA
SYMPTOMS BY RELAXING THE AIRWAYS.
THEY INCLUDE ALBUTEROL (PROVENTIL,
VENTOLIN), METAPROTERENOL (ALUPENT),
TERBUTALINE, AND OTHER DRUGS. SHORT-ACTING
BRONCHODILATORS APPEAR TO BE SAFE DURING
PREGNANCY. SEVERAL STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT
THE BABIES OF WOMEN WHO USED THESE DRUGS
DURING PREGNANCY HAD NO INCREASE IN HEALTH
PROBLEMS WHEN COMPARED TO THE BABIES OF
IMMUNOTHERAPYIMMUNOTHERAPY
REFERS TO REGULAR INJECTIONS (ALLERGY
SHOTS) THAT ARE GIVEN TO REDUCE A
PERSON'S SENSITIVITY TO ALLERGENS. THIS
THERAPY APPEARS TO BE SAFE DURING
PREGNANCY, ALTHOUGH IT CARRIES A VERY
SMALL RISK OF A SEVERE ALLERGIC REACTION
(ANAPHYLAXIS) IN ANY PERSON, INCLUDING
PREGNANT WOMEN.