Overview

Asthma is a chronic respiratory disorder that affects the airways of the lungs. The bronchial tubes serve as the entry and exit points for air into and out of the lungs.

The airways of someone who has asthma are constantly irritated. When something triggers your symptoms, they get even more inflated and the muscles surrounding your airways can get tighter. This causes symptoms like coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, and/or tightness in the chest to occur because it makes it harder for air to enter and exit the lungs.  

                                                            

 Sometimes airway edema makes it difficult for oxygen to get to the lungs. This implies that oxygen cannot get to essential organs or enter the bloodstream. As a result, those with severe symptoms require immediate medical assistance.

Causes

However, it appears that both environmental and genetic factors are important in triggering asthma,

• Certain elements, like becoming sensitized to an allergen, might operate as a trigger as well as a cause.                               

• Pregnancy                                                               

• Obesity                                                                                           

• Allergies                                                                                         

• Smoking                                                                     

• Environmental Pollutants                                                 

• Pollens, Dust, Danders etc                              

• Stress                                                                          

• Genetic factors                                                    

• Harmonal factors    

Symptoms          

The following are the most common symptoms of asthma:

• Coughing, especially at night, during exercise or when laughing

• Breathing difficulties

• Tightness in the chest

• Breathlessness

• Squeaking or whistling in your chest when breathing, especially during exhalation, is called wheezing.

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