Asthma

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Asthma

 

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ASTHMA AND MAGNESIUM

 

" Magnesium Sulfate Is Effective for Severe Acute Asthma Treated in the Emergency

Department "

 

Rowe BH, et al, WJM, February, 2000;172:96.-

 

 

In evaluating 7 trials of magnesium sulfate infusion encompassing 665 patients,

of which 5 were adult trials and 2 were pediatric, analyses of patients with

severe asthma showed a reduction in hospital admission rates, whereas there was

no difference shown for patients with mild-to-moderate asthma. This study showed

no difference in pulmonary function or vital signs. In studies of patients with

severe asthma, the peak expiratory flow rate improved by 52 l/min and the forced

expiratory volume in 1 second by 8% of the predicted value. Intravenous

magnesium sulfate reduced the rate of hospital admissions and improved pulmonary

function in patients with severe asthma treated in the emergency department.

 

 

ASTHMA, EXERCISE AND VITAMIN C

 

“Vitamin C Helps Reduce Asthma After Exercise "

 

McKinney, Merritt, Medical Tribune, June 5, 1997;6/Archives of Pediatrics and

Adolescent Medicine, 1997;151:367-370.

 

In 20 individuals between 7 and 28 years of age who had exercise-induced asthma,

half took 2,000 mg of vitamin C per day while the other half took a placebo.

Nine of the individuals taking vitamin C were able to exercise without suffering

symptoms of exercise-induced asthma such as coughing, wheezing and shortness of

breath, and it lessened the severity of the condition in other. Vitamin C could

be important in protecting against endogenous and exogenous oxidants. Vitamin C

is an attractive agent because it has no known side effects.

 

 

ASTHMA AND SELENIUM

 

" Selenium Status is Decreased in Patients With Intrinsic Asthma "

 

Kadrabova, Jana, et al, Biological Trace Element Research, 1996;52: 241-248.

 

This study evaluated selenium in the plasma and erythrocytes, and erythrocyte

glutathione peroxidase activity, in 22 intrinsic asthma patients compared to 33

controls. Selenium concentrations in the plasma and erythrocytes, and

glutathione peroxidase activity were decreased in intrinsic asthma patients.

There was a significantly high correlation between plasma and erythrocyte

selenium concentrations in asthmatics when looking at all subjects as a whole.

 

 

ASTHMA AND SELENIUM

 

" Reduced Selenium in Asthmatic Subjects in New Zealand "

 

Flatt, Amber, et al, Thorax, 1990;45:95-99.

 

Selenium is an important component of glutathione peroxidase, an enzyme that

protects against oxidative metabolites from the lipoxygenase pathway of

arachidonic acid metabolism. Low selenium levels may increase the risk to the

inflammatory processes in asthma. Whole blood and plasma selenium levels, as

well as glutathione peroxidase levels, were measured in 56 asthmatic and 59

non-asthmatic control subjects in New Zealand, a country which has a low dietary

selenium intake and a high incidence of asthma. Asthma patients had lowered

values for whole blood selenium and glutathione peroxidase activity as compared

to controls. Atopic individuals also had lower levels than controls. Plasma

levels of selenium and glutathione showed no difference between asthmatics and

controls. There was a 5.8 fold increase in the risk of asthma among subjects

with low glutathione peroxidase levels and 1.9 for low whole blood levels. These

results support the hypothesis that lowered selenium and glutathione peroxidase

levels may contribute to the incidence of asthma in New Zealand.

 

 

 

 

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