WH Questions About Asthma
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What is asthma??
Asthma is a common lung illness that causes breathing difficulties on occasion. All ages are affected, and while it frequently begins in childhood, it can also emerge in adults.?
Due to inflammation and muscle tightening around the tiny airways, the airways in the lungs become more restricted.?
Asthma patients have swollen (inflamed) and "sensitive" airways that response to the particular triggers, narrow and become blocked with sticky mucus.?
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How does asthma affect our lungs??
Asthma is a long-term inflammatory condition of the airways that affects the lungs in three ways:?
1) Swelling and inflammation of the airway lining?
2) Bronchoconstriction, which narrows the airways by tightening the bands of smooth muscles surrounding them?
3) Excess mucus production that makes the airways even more constrictive.?
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?What are asthma triggers??
Genetics – studies on families and twins have shown that genes play a significant role in the development of asthma?
Emotions – such as laughter or stress?
Weather Conditions – include temperature fluctuations, cold air, wind, thunderstorms, heat, and humidity?
Illnesses – like the cold and the flu?
Allergies –?? such as those caused by animal fur, dust mites, pollen, or feathers?
Pollution – fumes and smoke?
Utilization of Antibiotics – Longitudinal cohort studies looking at any usage of antibiotics revealed a higher risk of persistent wheezing and asthma in early childhood as well as a dose-response relationship between the quantity of antibiotic courses and risk of wheezing or asthma.?
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Who is in the risk group??
- Atopic conditions include those that are allergy-related, such eczema, food allergies?
- Having a history of atopic or asthmatic conditions in one's family?
- Having been exposed to tobacco smoke as a child, having bronchiolitis, a common juvenile lung infection?
- Smoking too much during pregnancy.?
- Being born too soon (before than 37 weeks) & underweight?
?How is asthma treated??
Although asthma has no infallible treatment, it can be controlled with inhaled drugs, allowing sufferers to lead regular, active lives.??
Inhalers come in two main categories:?
The first one is bronchodilators, which widen the airways and ease symptoms, such as salbutamol, and the other one is steroids (such beclomethasone), which lessen airway inflammation.??
This lessens the likelihood of fatal asthma attacks and asthma symptoms improvement.?
Daily inhaler use may be necessary for those who have asthma. The frequency of its symptoms and the various kind of available inhalers will determine how they should be treated.?
These inhalers provide patients stop symptoms developing and cure symptoms when they happen.?
In conclusion, asthma is a chronic respiratory disorder characterized by chest tightness, wheezing, and trouble breathing. The main episodes required to diagnose asthma symptoms are tightening and swelling of the airways as well as an increase in mucus production. Exposure to allergens and pollutants, cold weather, exercising and environmental conditions at work, including dust and chemicals can be thought of as risk factors. Currently, there is no exact cure for asthma but inhalers can help control the symptoms. Reliever inhalers and preventer inhalers are used to manage asthma long-term.?
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