Everything That You Need To Know About Asthma

Dr. Ajay Jain Dr. Ajay Jain Jun 14, 2018 1208 0

Everything That You Need To Know About Asthma

Everything That You Need To Know About Asthma

Asthma is a disease that affects people of all age universally. It is an airway inflammatory disease that affects the breathing passage of the lungs. The disease causes inflammation and narrowing of the airways which results in recurring shortness of breath, chest tightness and coughing.  The disease is chronic in its nature and owing to which the airways or breathing tubes of the patient become highly susceptible to various triggers.

Therefore when the inflammation triggers owing to internal or external or internal factors, the walls around the passage starts to swell. Further the muscles along the breathing passage contracts, leading to additional narrowing of the tubes. This narrowing of tubes makes it highly difficult for the air to exhale from the lungs. Such resistance with respect to exhaling leads to symptoms that end up causing asthma attack.

Treatment of asthma is available in medical science and owing to the availability of better and protective inhalers, medicines can be sent directly to lungs to control the disease completely.

Like any other chronic illness, Asthma too is a condition that you are forced to live everyday of your life. The patient can experience asthma attack at any time in the event of exposure to one of the triggers.

Some steps to manage asthma –

  • Prevent symptoms like cough and shortness of breath
  • Maintain good lung function.
  • Let you maintain your normal activity level and sleep through the night
  • Prevent asthma attacks that could result in an emergency room visit or hospital stay.

 

Since, the symptoms of asthma are something that affects people of all ages, it mostly starts during the days of childhood. While medical science has advance a great deal in recent times, unfortunately there is no cure of asthma to this point.

Although the disease cannot be cured, it can be controlled to great degree to lead a healthy and attack free life. The chances of controlling the consequences arising from symptoms improve a great deal if the disease is diagnosed at early stage and treatment takes possible as early as possible.

With proper treatment and healthy lifestyle, patient with asthma can suffer fewer and less critical asthma attacks. However, due to the fact that asthma is an eminently controllable illness, for most sufferers, control can prove so effective that it amounts to virtual cure.

Asthma consists in various types and each type of the disease differs greatly from each other on the basis of genesis and presentation. Asthma is not curable in its very nature and no cure would ever suffice to treat the symptoms completely. However to manage and control the symptoms from leading to attack, adhering to prescribed treatment crucial and is the most important factor for managing the disease.

So, to conclude, the positive aspect about asthma is that you can live your life to the fullest while still being diagnosed with the disease. The available treatments for asthma, if followed properly, allow most people with asthma to limit the number of attacks they have. Medical experts however claim that majority of the patients stop treatment after initial few weeks which aggravate symptoms and it affects the disease and triggers the possibility of asthma attack.