Asthma is a chronic inflammation of the airway of the lung with recurring symptoms. Asthma, attacks triggered by the stimuli can induce airway swollen and inflamed, leading to muscle constriction.
During the asthma attacks, patients may experience symptoms of difficult breathing, and severe wheezing in the breath and coughs that won't stop.
According to the statistic provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1 in 13 people in the US has asthma.
In other words, more than 26 million Americans have asthma, with half of the patients are children.
If you experience symptoms of a cough which often worse at night or early in the morning, wheezing in your breath, accompanied with chest tightness and shortness of breath, you may be at the early stage of asthma. Please check with your doctor to rule out the possibility.
Genetic and environmental factors are the most common risk factors associated with the onset of asthma. Some researchers suggested that the widespread obesity over the past few decades may also have a strong implication on the onset of the disease.
Dr. David A. Beuthe r, the lead scientist in the concern of the association of asthma and obesity said, "Cross-sectional and prospective cohort studies of humans have shown a modest overall increase in asthma incidence and prevalence in the obese, although body mass index does not appear to be a significant modifier of asthma severity".
And, "Studying the obesity-asthma relationship in large cohorts, in which self-reports are frequently used to ascertain the diagnosis of asthma, has been complicated by alterations in pulmonary physiology caused by obesity, which may lead to dyspnea or other respiratory symptoms but do not fulfill accepted physiologic criteria for asthma".
These results strongly suggested that if you are obese, your risk of asthma is increased substantially.
Honey is the miraculous product made by bees using nectar from flowers.
The rich golden liquid is considered one of healthy sweet food for replacing the use of white sugar and artificial sweetener by many people.
Scientists on finding a natural remedy for the treatment of asthma investigated the effect of aerosolized honey on airway tissues in a rabbit model of ovalbumin (OVA)-induced asthma.
The study included 40 New Zealand white rabbits sensitized twice with a mixture of OVA and aluminum hydroxide on days 1 and 14.
Honey treatments were given from day 23 to day 25 at two different doses (25% (v/v) and 50% (v/v) of honey diluted in sterile phosphate buffer saline.
During the study, aerosolized honey treatment group restored the epithelium, mucosa, and submucosal regions of the airway infected by the application of OVA.
Futhermore, aerosolized honey treatment also found to reduce the number of airway inflammatory cells presented in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and inhibit the goblet cell hyperplasia, an indication of airway remodeling in asthma.
The findings strongly suggested that aerosolized honey has a significant effect on the treatment and management of asthma in animal models.
Additional differentiation of the modulatory effect of honey, royal jelly, and propolis extract on peripheral blood leukocytes and lung inflammation in a mouse conalbumin-induced asthma model in mice model divided into* The mice in group I that were not sensitized or treated; they were kept as controls.
* The mice in group II that were sensitized and challenged with conalbumin. Twenty-four hours after the first challenge with antigen.
* The mice in group III received 0.5 mg/kg of dexamethasone intraperitoneally per day for 18 consecutive days and kept as positive controls.
* The mice in groups IV, V, and VI received 650, 1000, and 30 mg/kg of honey, royal jelly, and propolis (aqueous and ethanolic extract), respectively, once per day for 18 consecutive days.
At the end of the experiment, by comparing the blood sample before and after treatment, researchers showed
* The groups treated with propolis extract exhibited considerable ameliorative effects against asthma, probably due to the expression of flavonoids and phenolics that exert antioxidative effects.
* Honey- or royal jelly-treated groups exhibited an increased incidence of asthma cascade events due to increased inflammatory cells, probably due to the antagonist to bronchial asthma cases.
The results clearly indicated that not all honey is the same. Some can be used for asthma while others can not, probably due to types of chemicals compounds found in the pollen
Taken altogether, honey and other bee products may be considered functional remedies for the prevention and treatment of asthma, pending to the confirmation of the types of honey in a large and multicenter human study.
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Sources
(1) Inhalation of honey reduces airway inflammation and histopathological changes in a rabbit model of ovalbumin-induced chronic asthma by Kamaruzaman NA, Sulaiman SA, Kaur G, Yahaya B1.(PubMed)
(2) Evaluation of propolis, honey, and royal jelly in amelioration of peripheral blood leukocytes and lung inflammation in mouse conalbumin-induced asthma model by El-Aidy WK1, Ebeid AA1, Sallam Ael-R1, Muhammad IE2, Abbas AT3, Kamal MA4, Sohrab SS. (PubMed)
(3) Obesity and Asthma by David A. Beuther, Scott T. Weiss, and E. Rand Sutherland. (PMC)
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