Signs and Symptoms of Asthma
Most people with asthma have warning signs before symptoms ever appear. The warning signs are not the same for everyone. Even your own warning signs may differ from time to time. By learning what your warning signs are, you can start treatment sooner.
What is Asthma
Asthma is defined as:
A lung disease characterised by: 1, variable and reversible airway obstruction; 2, airway inflammation; and 3, bronchial hyper-responsiveness. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease that makes airways (bronchial tubes) particularly sensitive to irritants, and this is characterized by difficulty in breathing.
Exercise Induced Asthma, Should It be a Cause of Concern?
If you think you have asthma and can’t exercise safely, you may be pleasantly surprised to discover that you still can, and effectively at that.
What’s even more intriguing is your body will benefit from the exertion.
According to medical research, Asthma is an allergic inflammation of the lungs. Moreover, an asthma attack can be triggered by chemicals, air pollutants, pollens, molds, dust, animal dander, foods, exercise, and even temperature changes.
Asthma and Peak Flow
Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease that constricts and inflames the airways. This causes excess mucus to form in the lungs and a narrowing of the airways that causes the symptoms of wheezing, shortness or breath, coughing, and tightness in the chest. A severe constriction of the airways, often caused by allergens or excessive exercise, is called an asthma attack.
How to Raise a Kid with Asthma (Part 1)
Besides you as parents, their siblings and friends, kids may love toys, play and…food perhaps the most. I know I did. Another thing I know from experience is some forms of play and food are factors that can trigger an asthma attack.
Boy, was it sad being told when I had my first attack as a kid that I’d have to stay indoors most of the time or I couldn’t eat my favorite foods, so I can empathize with any kid who is going through the same thing.
Living With Asthma
I began having asthma symptoms at the age of three. My mom had a cat and we soon found out the hard way that I was extremely allergic. Thirty years ago asthma medication was still basically in its infant stage and I had a really hard time growing up with asthma. I spent many a holiday in the emergency room because one of my relatives always had a cat or because just the excitement of the day would cause me to have problems breathing and there we would be most of the night with me holding onto the breathing tube.
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