Asthma is a chronic disease
Asthma is a chronic disease that is caused due to swelling or inflammation of the tubes which carry air to the lungs which results in narrowed airways. Thus less air moves though air tubes. The sensitivity of airways increases due to swelling. The air carrying tubes react strongly to the things the person is allergic to, resulting into tightened muscles around the air tubes. As the less air moves through the air tubes, asthma attack is caused. When asthma attack occurs the patient experiences trouble in breathing, tightness in chest, coughing and wheezing. In a severe asthma attack, the air tubes become so narrow that a very small amount flows though them. Moreover, an overwhelming desire to breathe rapidly makes the situation even more worse. If a person experiences such an attack then he need immediate medical assistance.
There is no permanent cure for asthma yet, but still a patient suffering from asthma can live a normal life with minimal symptoms and asthma as now we have are ways to control it. If you are a person suffering from asthma, the very first step to control your asthma should be learning about the things that cause irritation in your air tubes and results into an asthma attack. Second step should be staying away from those things as much as you can. A great care should be taken when to keep away the things that cause irritation in your air tubes or leads to asthma attack or else it can also result in keeping you away from your college, workplace or other social gatherings. One should take proper medicines and do all the breathing excursuses as directed by a doctor or a physician. After learning about the things that cause asthma attack, often people stop visiting their doctor which is wrong. One should see his/her doctor or physical at regular intervals and discuss the improvements or problems they are facing.
Facts and figures show that asthma usually starts when a person is a child and is less common in adults than children. It has been observed that, in children, less girls have asthma than boys but its opposite in adults. Facts and figures also show that, less white people have been hospitalized and died due to asthma attacks, than black people. Around 15 million people in United States alone have asthma. Out of which, about 5 million are children. Usually the people who have asthma have allergies but not all. The children with asthmatic parent have more chances of getting asthma themselves as well.
