4 Root Causes of Asthma

Marilyn had asthma since she was a young adult. There seemed to be no pattern to her attacks – sometimes it would happen frequently, and other times she would go for years without an attack. Later, she noticed that before an asthma attack she would have an intense itch right in the middle of her back, where she couldn’t reach. If someone scratched it hard, the attack would not come. However, if nobody was around to scratch that itch, she would get severely short of breath. Interestingly, after divorcing her husband she stopped getting asthma attacks altogether.

Asthma is not a disease, but rather a syndrome where the airways in the lungs close down, not allowing air to get to the alveoli, or air sacs to give the body oxygen. As with most “diagnoses” in the medical world, asthma is not a single entity. It is a collection of symptoms of many different causes.

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  Allergies
  • Pollen
  • Dust
  • Food
• Deficiencies
  • Magnesium
  • Omega-3 oil
  • Glutathione
• Chronic infections
  • Molds/fungi
  • Virus
  • Bacteria
• Inflammation
  • Autoimmune disease
• Neurological
  • Autonomic Nervous System instability
  • Anxiety
• Hypocapnea (low carbon dioxide levels)

Supplements that may help with asthma are varied, depending on the type of asthma. Those with inflammation will need different supplements than those with allergies, for example. The following is a list to work from.