Asthma in Jacksonville and Serving Ponte Vedra Beach & Jacksonville Beach, FL
Asthma can be serious, life threatening, and when it flares up suddenly and severely, it needs to be managed in an emergency room, or by your primary care doctor or allergy/asthma specialist promptly. While we do not manage an acute asthma attack at our office, we can help you improve your child’s recurrent symptoms in a new way. An asthma appointment with us might be just what your child needs to improve their chronic asthma symptoms. Here’s everything that you need to know about the benefits of asthma management at Happy Minds Healthy Bodies.
What is Asthma Management?
We approach asthma management at Happy Minds Healthy Bodies as we do every disease, we try to find the root cause. There is definitely inflammation in the lungs with chronic asthma symptoms, but there is often overall body inflammation as well. It can be integral to improving your child’s asthma symptoms to know and understand if there are any root causes that can be modified.
Recent studies have shown a correlation between diet, specifically affecting Vitamin D levels in chronic asthma patients. Examples of Asthma management include:
- Checking labs for any food allergens or sensitivities that could be adding to symptom recurrence
- Vitamin D levels may be checked
- Managing overall health and reducing overall body inflammation to improve the asthma
- Finding any environmental triggers such as pets or environmental exposures such as mold
- Medication management such as traditional asthma medicines or natural supplements
What are the Benefits of Asthma Management?
- Missing less days of school
- Improved mood and anxiety over breathing problems
- School performance improving with improved overall health
- Less emergency room visits and hospital admissions
- Sports performance improves as lung function heals
What to Expect During an Asthma Management Appointment
If you’ve never been to Happy Minds Healthy Bodies you might be wondering what to expect during your appointment. A provider at Happy Minds Healthy Bodies will ask for a complete medical history regarding your asthma symptoms, as well as a detailed environmental and allergy exposure. Oxygen levels will be checked and labs may be ordered. Based on those labs, medications, supplements or a change in diet may be recommended, depending on the results. After following these specific recommendations, we will have a four week re-evaluation to see how the recommendations are working.