Facts about Asthma
October 31, 2009
Studies performed on the general population indicate that as many as ten percent of the population has experienced asthma. In more recent years, studies performed in North America show that the number of children with asthma has risen as much as seventy-five percent.
That is a great deal of people, both adults and children, who suffer from asthma and asthma related problems. Asthma is a real condition and over the past several years asthma has become a very common condition in both adults and children.
There are many different treatment programs available that both the sufferer and his doctor can use to treat asthma. The decision will be based on the individual and his symptoms.
People who do not have asthma cannot fully comprehend what it is like to be afflicted with asthma. They cannot understand the symptoms, the condition or how hard and frightening it is to perform daily tasks in fear that an asthma attack may strike.
One of the best known symptoms and most obvious symptom of asthma is the person’s inability to take in a complete breath and release it without struggling. This can happen at any time.
When a person has an asthma attack, his airways become agitated, oftentimes by an allergen. This causes the airways to tighten up making it harder to take in a sufficient amount of oxygen.
When the airways tighten up and the person starts to gasp for air, he tends to make a wheezing or whistling sound. The person may also get a headache.
Asthma can be caused by many different protagonists. Some of the most common are air-borne allergens that enter the lungs and airways through the nose and mouth.
These allergens include cigarette smoke, pollen, pet dander and dust. Asthma can also be triggered by a viral infection, by exercising or rapid increases or decreases in temperature.
Just as there are a variety of triggers for an asthma attack, there are also many different symptoms. Some of the most recognized are wheezing during breathing, a tight feeling in the chest, the inability to take in and release a complete breath and an increase in coughing.
Treating asthma depends on the individual’s problems and symptoms. There are different types of medications and even steroids that can help prevent an asthma attack or shorten the duration of a current attack.
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