ASTHMA
Asthma is a chronic disease of the airways that makes breathing difficult. It is a long-term lung condition. People with asthma have sensitive airways in their lungs which react to triggers, causing a ‘flare-up’.
Causes
The causes of asthma are not fully understood, although people with asthma often have a family history of asthma. Allergies and asthma often occur together, along with eczema.
Symptoms
Symptoms often vary from person to person, but they are most commonly:
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Breathlessness
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Wheezing. Wheezing is a whistling or squeaky sound that occurs when you breathe
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Tight feeling in the chest
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Continuing cough
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Feelings of weakness or tiredness
Prevention
While there's no way to prevent asthma but to control asthma by working together with your doctor, he/she can design a step-by-step plan for living with your condition and preventing asthma attacks.
Treatment
Asthma is a long-term disease that has no cure. The goal of asthma treatment is to control the disease. Good asthma control will:
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Prevent chronic and troublesome symptoms, such as coughing and shortness of breath
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Reduce your need for quick-relief medicines
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Help you maintain good lung function
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Let you maintain your normal activity level and sleep through the night
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Prevent asthma attacks that could result in an emergency room visit or hospital stay
Culled from Staywellworld blog post dated May 19, 2017.
To learn more, click on
https://www.staywellworld.org/post/2017/05/19/living-with-asthma
