Asthma
We all have definitely heard about Asthma before. In asthma condition in which the person finds difficulty in breathing. The air tracks become narrower and because of it the air tracks sometimes get chocked. There are many reasons for an Asthma attack. Allergy and asthma both are related to each other. The air tracks of the people having asthma are very sensitive to allergens such as smoke, cold, some sort of infection, chemicals, perfumes, dust, pollution etc. The reaction triggers the blood vessels to swollen and it results in the fluid leak in the body. The mucus is generated and this gets deposited on the walls of the air track. Because of such deposition the air track becomes narrow and becomes even more difficult to breath normally. This even causes bronchi to get chocked up. Due to the above activities the person suffering from asthma experiences suffocation and to come out of it the person may even cough or wheez.
The cause of sticky mucus getting produced is because of the chemical mediators released by eosinophils and neutrophils (eosinophils and neutrophils are type of white blood cells) damaging the lining of the air track. It is observed during the asthma attack that the breathing out takes much longer time because of the narrowing of the wind pipe. Some people say that they have very mild symptoms of asthma during a particular period, and sometimes there are no asthma symptoms at all.
Some women complaint that the asthma symptoms get worse during their periods, this may be because of the hormone change in the body.
From studies it is found that UK has one of the highest number of asthma affected people in the world. Approximate 2,000 people die every year because of asthma. Major population of children have asthma. If at any point of time you feel that the symptoms of asthma are getting worsen then you need to immediately contact your general practician and get consultancy on the problem. Preventive measures need to be taken in such cases because this may cause a severe attack if preventive measures against asthma are not taken.
From observations it is seen that asthma or such disease are part of inheritance. Smoking during pregnancy increases the chance of having asthma right from child-hood. People having hay-fever or allergic rhinitis disease also have the tendency of developing asthma within themselves. It is observed that nearly 80% of people suffer from asthma if they already had hay-fever or allergic rhinitis as diseases.
