Asthma Definition
Asthma is a chronic (long lasting), which is characterized by shortness of breath with wheezing sound, where the severity of each person is different. At the time of the attack, which occurred is the narrowing of the airway resulting from bronchial contraction, which causes air to be difficult to get out and into the lungs. The cause of asthma is not fully understood. However, the risk factors that can trigger the onset of asthma is, allergen (substances that cause allergies), smoking, and chemical irritation. Asthma can not be cured, but can be in control with proper care.
Asthma Symptoms
Asthma has signs and symptoms ranging from mild to severe, and vary for each person. You may have symptoms of severe asthma-like breathing regularly, with sometimes having an asthma attack. Among the asthma attack you may feel normal and not have respiratory problems. Or, you may have signs and symptoms such as coughing and breathing heavily all the time or have primary symptoms at night, or just during exercise.
Signs and symptoms of asthma include:
- Shortness of breath
- Tightening of the chest muscles or pain in the chest
- Difficulty sleeping because of shortness of breath, cough or nasal breathing
- Nasal or whistling sound when breathing
- Cough or nasal breathing worsened when the virus, such as colds and flu
Signs of chronic asthma, among others:
- Increasing the severity and frequency of signs and symptoms of asthma.
- The fall in the average maximum airflow measured by a peak flow meter, a simple device that is used to check how well your lungs work.
- The increasing need to use a bronchodilator - treatment which opens the airway by relaxing the muscles of the respiratory tract.
Work with your doctor to determine when you need additional medication, or take other measures to treat worsening asthma symptoms and make your asthma can be controlled again. If you keep your asthma worse, you may need treatment Emergency Unit. Your doctor can help teach you to recognize the signs and symptoms of an emergency so you will know when to require assistance.
Asthma treatment
Basically the most effective asthma management is to avoid precipitating factors of asthma and use of asthma medication to reduce the swelling of the airways. Treatment of asthma rapid / short term by using reliever medications such as inhalers and respiratory equipment which serves to stop an asthma attack. Long-term treatment that works to prevent asthma attacks, is to use drugs such as steroids, which serves to keep the airways open and reduce swelling.
Basically the most effective asthma management is to avoid precipitating factors of asthma and use of asthma medication to reduce the swelling of the airways. Treatment of asthma rapid / short term by using reliever medications such as inhalers and respiratory equipment which serves to stop an asthma attack. Long-term treatment that works to prevent asthma attacks, is to use drugs such as steroids, which serves to keep the airways open and reduce swelling.
