What are the social determinants for asthma?

Answer 1

Controllable risk factors for Asthma include those factors over which the victim has some influence regarding exposure. they include:

• diet
• level of involvement in sport
• exposure to parasites

To some degree, certain environmental factors are controllable. People with a predisposition to asthma brought on specifically by pollution, dust, pollens or extremes of temperature may or may not have the choice to move away from these environmental influences. However, if their asthma is triggered easily by any of these factors, there is nowhere one could move away from all triggers.

Answer 2

Episodes of wheezy difficulty in breathing

Narrowing of the air passages in the lungs and hence increased resistance to airflow.

The narrowing is due to different combinations of:

(a) contraction of muscles around the air passages

(b) swelling of the airway lining due to airway inflammation

(c) excessive mucus in the airways

Rapid and considerable changes in airway obstruction

Frequent nocturnal episodes and low morning peak flow values

Significant reversibility with drugs which resemble adrenaline, the beta2 agonists

Significant reversibility with steroid drugs

Symptom-free periods

Frequent occurrence of allergy

Inflammation of the air passages, characterised by eosinophils in the airway wall

Bronchial hyper-responsiveness to nonspecific stimuli such as cold air or histamine

Answer 3

Unable to participate in sports, may feel "left out" or "different"

Answer 4

If a close relative has asthma,hayfever or ezcema you could suffer from asthma

Answer 5

diet level of involvement in sports exposure to parasites

Answer 6

Inflammation & Allergies

Answer 7

Genetic s pollution air you breath