Asthma series – you can control it (part 1)
June 12th 2008 00:11
Last month in May we had World Asthma day, unfortunately I didn’t have enough time to read through and pull the articles out. I also have a lot of friends, including my family members, who had minor to major asthmatic problems. Therefore when I came across this article, it’s really useful and should be shared among other readers to know and how to coup with asthma problems.
Recent reports about Asthma
According to the Global Burden of Asthma Report in 2004, asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in the world. It is estimated that around 300 million people in the world currently have asthma.
More about Asthma
Asthma is a chronic respiratory illness that affects your airways; that is, the passages that carry air in and out of your lungs. An asthma sufferer’s airways can sometimes become inflamed and constricted in response to triggers in the environment. The reaction also causes excess amounts of mucous to collect inside the airways.
As the airways constrict, they cause symptoms such as chest tightness and shortness of breath, as well as wheezing and coughing. It also includes, prolonged expiration during breathing out, and paradoxical pulse (weaker during inhalation and stronger during exhalation). In some patients, the symptoms are particularly acute at night and early morning.
An asthma attack can get to severe that the body’s major organs may begin to be deprived of oxygen. This can show sings to the asthma sufferers when they torn to blue, suffer severe chest pains and even lose consciousness.
Severe attacks that do not respond to regular treatments should be considered life threatening. These attacks can sometimes lead to death.
Personal Note:
My nephew has minor asthma problems and whenever he starts coughing uncontrollably especially after food this can also lead to vomit and shortness of breath, followed by unconscious. Therefore children that has asthmatic background are advised not to gobble up their food and we as guardians / parents need to discipline then about eating a mouthful a time with proper chewing.
Next post I will include what causes asthma and who is at risk. Do stay tuned!
Article extracted and compiled from Health and Beauty 2008
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