How asthma begins, you need to know to prevent the disease and stop it in time. Learn more about the causes, types and symptoms of the disease in order to prevent it from yourself or your loved ones.
Causes and symptoms of onset asthma
Asthma is the common name for choking symptoms of various etiologies. The most common:
bronchial form. Chronic disease of the upper respiratory tract, in which there may be disturbances in the work of the bronchi, from spasm to narrowing of the lumen;
heart shape. Attacks of severe shortness of breath, suffocation caused by diseases or pathologies of the heart.
Both forms are the result of various diseases and factors that caused them. At risk:
people whose parents have asthma. Genetic predisposition to asthma was discovered not so long ago, but it has already been proven;
people who work in production with a high level of harmful substances and dust in the air (miners, painters, workers from various warehouses, archives, factories). Small particles settle in the bronchi and lungs of such workers and, over time, having accumulated, they can cause bronchial asthma;
Residents of cities and industrial areas. Adverse environmental factors, emissions of smoke and other industrial wastes into the air leave their mark on human health and can cause asthma;
allergies and those suffering from autoimmune diseases. Since the disease is also of allergic origin, people suffering from allergies with constant exposure to the allergen can expect complications such as asthma.
If you fall into one or more risk groups, do not be upset. Strengthen immunity and monitor your health, do not miss the initial symptoms of the disease:
shortness of breath with asthma, which are repeated;
wheezing, shortness of breath;
wheezing and defective breaths;
pain and feeling of congestion in the chest.
If one or more symptoms appear, especially if you are at risk, immediately consult a doctor (general practitioner or pulmonologist).
Is it possible to recover from incipient asthma?
Whether it is possible to get rid of the disease depends on its form, the cause of development, the age and the state of health of the patient. The most easily treatable allergic form of the disease, especially if the allergen has been identified and its effect ceases. Favorable outcome of the disease in young children and adolescents. With timely treatment to a specialist, such patients outgrow the disease. The most dangerous development of asthma in older and old age. But here there are cases of cure.
Carefully monitor your health and pass a physical at least once a year. This will help prevent not only asthma, but also many other diseases.