Cough Variant Asthma - Denton,TX

Hello Carolyn,

Personally, I increase my daughters magnesium intake and she's better within 24 hours. When I first learned about the asthma/magnesium link I couldn't believe the results in my daughter. she went from needing 15 days of breathing treatments to ONE ....and yes the doctor checked her.
(short background... my daughter is allergic to latex and when she comes in contact with latex, she gets asthma. Even her allergist was surprised at how well worked with her. because he thought that magnesium would not help with allergy-induced asthma. THAT MEANS THAT THEY KNOW THAT MAGNESIUM HELPS WITH ASTHMA!

the rest of this post is very long because I included a couple of articles.

Here is more info:
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A deficiency of magnesium can cause asthma and an intravenous shot of magnesium can stop even the most acute asthmatic attrack. Researchers at the University of nottingham's Division of Respiratory Medicine found that of 2,633 asthmatics, those whose dietary magnesium intake was above the average 380 mg a day showed significantly improves lung function and less wheezing. Low blood levels of magnesium is a factor in causing allergies and asthma in the first place. 1 Supplements talked about on this page
Magnesium
Vitamin C
Quercetin
Bee pollen
Cayenne pepper
Tumeric
B vitamins
Vitamin B6

The American Journal of Medicine cities numerous clinical trials that showed the benefit of magnesium in treating asthma. 2 A study in The Lancet, a well-respected British medical journal, found that magnesium has an independent, beneficial influence on lung function, airway responsiveness, and wheezing in a general population. 3 This means that getting enough magnesium in the diet can prevent the symptoms that lead to asthma and keep an attack from being life-threatening. Apparently, magnesium helps the body control muscle spasms and is able to smooth the bronchial muscles so they don't contract and close off air.

It is ironic that some of the drugs used to treat asthma can cause magnesium deletion. Dr. Alan Gaby recommends asthmatics on medication take 200-600 mg of supplemental magnesium a day. 4 One of the recommendations Dr. Gordon made to his patient was that his mother increase the amount of magnesium-rich foods in his diet and give him magnesium in solution. Foods high in magnesium are whole wheat, pumpkin seeds, millet, almonds, Brazil nuts and hazel nuts, dark-green vegetables and molasses.

Because there are so few areas in the body where magnesium is absorbed, a deficiency of stomach acid can cause a magnesium deficiency. Digestive enzyme supplements and a teaspoon of vinegar after eating are ways to help this problem, but to be sure you get your magnesium.

here is the link: --->
http://www.bodyandfitness.com/Information/Health/asthma.htm

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~~~~~~~~Magnesium Supplements Reduce Children's Asthma

A new study has found that children and adolescents with asthma who are given magnesium supplements experience less symptoms, use less medication, and experience a number of other beneficial effects.

In the double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study, researchers investigated the long-term effect of oral magnesium supplementation on clinical symptoms, bronchial reactivity, lung function and allergen-induced skin responses in children and adolescents (ages 7 to 19 years) with moderate persistent asthma.

The study included 37 patients. The subjects were randomized into two groups with 18 subjects receiving 300 mg per day magnesium and 19 subjects receiving a placebo for 2 months. Both patient groups received the inhaled asthma medications fluticasone (daily) and salbutamol (as needed). After two months, the researchers found that the children taking the magnesium supplements had, on average, 28 percent fewer days of severe asthma. The magnesium supplements were also associated with a reduction in the use of salbutamol of almost 40 percent.

The researchers also used a methacholine challenge test to assess airway responsiveness in the subjects. In this test, the patient inhales an aerosol of one or more concentrations of methacholine, which constricts the lungs. If the forced expiratory volume decreases 20 percent from baseline in one second, the patient’s airway responsiveness is considered poor. After two months of magnesium supplementation, it was found that almost double the concentration of methacholine was needed to induce the 20 percent fall in forced expiratory volume compared to baseline. No significant difference in methacholine concentrations was observed for the placebo group.

The skin responses to recognized antigens also decreased in patients treated with magnesium.

Reference: Gontijo-Amaral C, Ribeiro MA, Gontijo LS, Condino-Neto A, Ribeiro JD. Oral magnesium supplementation in asthmatic children: a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2006 Jun 21; [Epub ahead of print].

here is the link for this article --->
http://www.discount-vitamins-herbs.net/n-371-asthma-magne...

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----here is the link at webmd for cough variant asthma http://www.webmd.com/asthma/guide/cough-variant-asthma

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Good luck! ~C.~

I have read many things about magnesium and asthma as mentioned below. I was diagnosed with asthma at 20 and am now completely off all asthma medicines at age 29. Only natural remedies now. The steroids/preventitive medicines have terrible side effects. (When you HAVE to have them I agree it is ok, but I think daily is to hard on your body.)You might like the book Asthma Survival. You can get it on half.com or Amazon for a few dollars. It helped me alot. The book mentioned that they used to give magnesium by IV when people went to the hospital for an asthma. Good luck!

My 9 year old son was diagnosed with this type of asthma when he was 3. We did discover that his due to allergies. He did allergy shots for several years that helped a tremendous amount. Did your doctor say anything about how long your son would be doing the breathing treatments and steriods ? If he is old enough and has to do long term steriods, ask about the inhaled steriods. There are some in an inhaler type of thing and the ones you use in the nebulizer. They are so much better for kids systems than the liquid or pills. We had to do that also. I don't know what else to tell you. I would be more than happy to answer any questions or help in any way I can. Just PM me.

My daughter's pediatrician prescribed her a "puffer". It is like an inhalor but with a chamber attached to a face mask and is easier for children to inhale. The puffer contains Advair and she takes it twice a day (once in the am and once in the pm). This has helped a lot. She also takes albuterol or xopenex breathing treatments just when she starts up coughing. Hope this helps. Good Luck!