Researchers in Australia believe that a Botox injection, which has been widely used in recent years for cosmetic purposes, could also hold the key to treating people who suffer from severe asthma.
Since 2002, when the United States Food and Drug Administration approved Botox for cosmetic purposes, the injection has been used to reduce facial frown lines and wrinkles.
However, Botox, also known as botulinum toxin, also has a number of medical uses, including treatment of muscular pain disorders. The botulinum toxin is used for medical and cosmetic purposes because of its ability to paralyze and relax skin and muscles.
While the drug has already been successful in treating some vocal cord disorders, such as largyngael dystonia, which is characterized by an involuntary contraction of the vocal cords, it has yet to be proven as an effective treatment for asthmatics.
However, Professor Philip Bardin of Australia’s Monash Medical Centre believes that Botox could be directly injected into the vocal cords, which would prevent them from going into spasms during an asthma attack.
“We don’t think this will cure these asthmatics but it will help them to live better with asthma”, Mr. Bardin said.
If his hypothesis is correct, this new treatment would be able to relieve nearly 250,000 people living with severe asthma in Australia.
Botox has smoothed many a line on celebrity faces but now it is being touted as the latest asthma treatment.
BalasHapusResearchers at Monash Medical Centre in Melbourne plan to inject Botox into the vocal cords of severe asthmatics in an attempt to relieve their attacks of breathlessness.
anti wrinkle injections
Most people don't know that botox is way more than an anti wrinkles treatment.
BalasHapusThis substance is a bless for people suffering of bladders or excessive sweating but not only.
Let's just hope the new treatment for asthmatics will get the FDA approval and make thousands of people happy.
Julia, Skin Vitality