What is Asthma? How Do You Get Asthma? How Long Does Asthma Last?

Asthma is a long-term (chronic) disease of the lungs and the respiratory tract (bronchi), and 5 out of 100 people suffer. For children, this number is higher and going up

Asthma is characterized by shortness of breath, narrowness of the chest, wheezing and cough, which are caused by constriction and inflammation of the airways. Some people may have these signs all the time, and some people may be normal during the attack.

Asthma can occur at any age, why some people have it and others are not. Asthmatic patients have more airways than ordinary people

Asthma attacks can be caused by a variety of things, and these are called triggers. Examples include cold, intense exercise, stress and so on.

These triggers also include "allergens". They are present in the environment and contain chemicals that cause allergic reactions.

Allergens include, for example, pollen, animal dander, house dust, contamination, some food, perfume and tobacco smoke.

Allergen causes swelling and irritation of the inner wall of the respiratory tract. It creates extra mucus and tightens the muscles of the respiratory tract. At that time, the space for the entry and exit of air was small.

For most asthmatics, physicians generally think that asthma is not a serious disease, due to the mild symptoms and the highly effective kind of medication that inhibits these symptoms and prevents exacerbation of asthma. However, asthma affects the quality of life as attacks can be uncomfortable and painful and may limit activity. Most patients learn to live together, but for some patients this may be invalid. In exceptional circumstances, asthma can be life-threatening, especially if adequate treatment or timely treatment is not available. For some of them, the attack is very serious and leads to death

Asthma attacks occur frequently, and symptoms vary from time to time. Many people with asthma have problems from time to time, but others are working hard every day. As modern medicines control and alleviate symptoms, attacks may only last for hours or minutes, but they may last for days without treatment. Some children have asthma and some are affected only at different times of the year. However, the period during which people may have an asthma attack may last for many years or a lifetime.

As asthma is "suppressed" it is not "treated". There is no cure as a chronic long-term disease. But there are tools and medications to help you manage asthma, and you can use the benchmark to measure your progress.

We have added a special section on asthma including information on treatment. Please check our asthma treatment page

One of the first health problems anticipated from elevated contamination levels is asthma. Although the incidence of asthma in Utah is indeed above the national average, most health care professionals believe that asthma is more common in the United States over the past few decades. One tenth of Utah has asthma, which accounts for about 9% of the total population. Ozone exposure one week prior to childbirth is associated with an increase in the risk of stillbirth between 13 and 22%, but the risk of long-term exposure during pregnancy has increased by nearly 40%. Exposure to PM 2.5 at the day before birth also appeared to increase the risk of stillborn in a pollution contamination model. Although the number of cases is small, maternal asthma alters the risk of stillbirth associated with chronic PM 2.5 and CO exposure. If our findings are confirmed, they believe that about 8,000 stillbirths per year are due to O 3 exposure during pregnancy in the United States.

Pathophysiology of asthma Asthma is a chronic lung disease characterized by the onset of bronchiectasis due to allergies. In asthma, ventilation to the lungs or discharge of air to the lungs becomes difficult due to airway (bronchioles) contraction. Dyspnea is the main symptom. The bronchi and bronchioles contract and contract inflammation. It is the substance and condition that usually does not matter for people without asthma that asthmatic patients respond to triggers. Asthma is either outside

Refractory (irreversible) asthma is asthma that does not respond to common asthma medications. At the onset of asthma, the bronchial airway narrows and swells. Medicines can normally reverse this condition, open the airways and return them to the state before asthma. In refractory asthma, medication never restores tightening and swelling of the airways. Shortness of breath and cough tend to be thought of as a normal part of aging, but these may have symptoms of COPD. If you find any of these symptoms, it is the reason you have to consult your health care provider. Over the years COPD has continued to progress without significant out of breath. Please contact your health care provider for ordering spirometry.