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Asthma

This category is for questions about the respiratory issues dealing with asthma. Asthma is characterized by decreased levels of oxygen reaching the lungs due to an obstruction, resulting in "asthma attacks" or worse. There are millions of people with this disease. Here you can ask about its causes, symptoms, and treatment.

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How can air pollution trigger asthma?

One reason for causes of asthma is if you get scared really bad. Another reason would be you eat too much sugar foods.

Is eczema a side effect of asthma?

its not a side effect.But many people with asthma do suffer with it. It is a genetic link. Hayfever and psoriasis are also common amongst asthma sufferers.They are a inflammatory illness the skin reacts by producing excess skin cells and the lungs produce excess mucus and the air sacs constrict.

What are the social determinants for asthma?

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.

If you have asthma and you smoke what happens?

if you smoke and you have asthma that's it you get very bad lungs

What cells that affected by asthma?

Asthma affects the lungs because the nevs coating the inside of the lings and the windpipe becomes sensitvice and often restrict for short preriods leaving a smaller hole for the air to pass through causing the suffer to "wheeze"

Can people with asthma smoke marijuana?

heres just one of many stories of people who find relief from there asthma using marijuana. http://www.rxmarijuana.com/lisa.htm i also have asthma and smoke marijuana on a daily basis. marijuana has a great bronchodilator effect. The only downside is that it can cause chronic bronchitis in asthma patients.

Can asthma cause wheezing?

Wheezing can be a normal healthy response to an unhealthy environment. Or, wheezing can be a sign of asthma. I'm Dr. Alan Greene and I want to talk with you for a moment about how to tell the difference, what causes wheezing anyway, and when is it healthy and when is it not.

Well to understand that, first let's all take a deep breath together (inhales). When you breathe in, the air comes through your nose or mouth, through the big windpipe and breaks into 2 big bronchi, one into each lung. And from there they break into a whole bunch of little, smaller bronchioles. It's almost like a tree's branches branching out. And those bronchioles are where the wheezing happens.

Let's look at a bronchiole. Here's one of those small airways. Now if you happen to walk into a cloud of something that's toxic, your body is going to respond instantly to try to protect you. The first thing that will happen is the muscles around the bronchioles will tighten, will constrict down almost like a boa constrictor, and you get the tight airways. If that toxic cloud is still there, to protect your delicate tissues deep in your lungs, swelling of the lining will happen. Inflammatory stuff to help protect you from those toxins. And if it's still there, still irritating, mucus will begin to be secreted to be able again to capture and protect you from those toxins. That's wheezing.

Asthma happens when your airways are hyper-responsive. When they're twitchy. When they're hyper-alert and they respond to something that's not truly dangerous. The problem with that is when your bronchioles are constricted and swollen and has mucus in them, that narrow little opening is hard to breathe through. You have to work to breathe, especially to breath out. And that hard breathing through a narrow passageway is what creates the sound we know as wheezing.

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Review Date: 09/18/2011

David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

What are problems that can arise because of asthma?

the person will be the same they just have to live with asma it will be hard at time but its ok i have had asma all my life

Can animals have asthma?

Asthma is not contagious to humans or animals.

but dog can have Asthma

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If both human and animal in the same house have asthma, I would start looking for a trigger for both of you. It sounds more environmental or quite the coincidence.

Asthma is not a communicable disease in humans or animals. However dogs can develop asthma at any age similar to humans. If you think your dog is suffering from asthma it would be wise to take them to your vet to be checked out to see if it is asthma or possibly allergies. Either way these are both treatable conditions. Hope this helps!

Why is asthma bad for you?

I am no expert on this subject but it is very important to treat your asthma, I say this because it can feel like you can't breath in and you can't breath out. It is normal for your body to cope with asthma, however your brain does not react the same. In a panic state your body will start fighting, and your brain will do just that, panic. You will try to breath harder and faster and that will not work with asthma. You can colapse, pass out, and even stop breathing altogether. It is important to speak with your doctor if you think you have asthma. The best thing I have had in my entire life was a rescue inhaler. I don't have asthma, but I do get chronic bronchitis which has a lot of the same symptoms.

Can you join the marines with asthma?

Unfortunately no. Asthama is a bar to commisioning and enlistment in the military. While there are asthmatics in the military, it's because they managed to get through the process without getting caught. You can be a contract nurse TO the military with this but cannot serve due to the incredible health risk incurred.

How do you ease asthma?

for Men , Boys , Male They Say it is More Likely to Go ( Deacrease Suprisingly ) away as Going into Adult Hood They Say Fish and Dark Chocolate Treats it Some how

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Is asthma a serious medical condition?

Yes,asthma is a very serious medical condition,though you need'nt worry because,If you watch over your asthma you will be just fine...but you must watch over your health and diet too.If you don't,well,you can have an asthma attack that will lead you to death.....So don't eat things that are too cold or cold fruits too often.Bye!:D

Can a person die from an asthma attack?

Depending on the severity of your asthma - yes you most certainly can however, the asthma is the onset of predeath but the cause of death would be lack of breathing or air/choking cause from an untreated or severe asthma attack.

Can you over come asthma?

3 Ways To Control Your Asthma Without Using Your Inhaler

Ginger - The ginger compounds used to treat airway smooth muscle and it is best for asthma. Patient take a clearly breath.

Yoga - The deep breathing was best solution for asthma patient. In the morning patient give some time for yoga it will help in asthma.

Butterbur - Butterbur herb use the leaf, root, and bulb to make medicine. This herb has been used for years to treat asthmatics in Asia.

What is it like to have asthma?

Asthma it self doesn't look like anything. But a person with asthma's lungs change when they have an asthma attack. There broncular (bronci) tubes get tense and get kinda swollen. The musles tense up and the air way becomes smaller. This makes it harder for the air to go through the air ways. This is why the asthatic person finds it hard to breathe. When the person takes their asthma emergency medication it relaxes the muscles and opens up the airway so that air can pass freely.

What cells are included in the respiratory system?

The respiratory is made of different cells. Some of them are connective tissue such as cartilage, others are epithelial, like the lining inside, and others are musclular like the ones that help expand and contract to tubes.

Where did asthma come from?

The likenesses of asthma first reared its head in Homers poem the Iliad in around 450 B.C. Asthma is a Greek based word that basically means "to pant". It wasn't until 150 B.C. though that asthma had been found by a connection in bronchial obstructions by a Greco-Roman Physician named Galen.

Can allergies lead to asthma?

Some studies have shown that people with asthma are more likely to suffer panic attacks. Having asthma was linked to a 4.5-fold increase in the risk of developing panic disorder, a condition characterized by repeated, unexplained panic attacks. And people with panic disorder were six times as likely as people without the anxiety condition to develop asthma over the 20 year follow-up period.

The asthma link was much stronger among people who had panic disorder than in those who had infrequent panic attacks. Smokers and those with a family history of allergies were also at increased risk. Smoking is known to exacerbate both asthma and panic disorder.

"Asthma is a very frightening condition to have," says Mike Thomas, MD. "When you repeatedly have episodes where you are fighting for breath it is not a great leap to think that that might push you toward a formal anxiety disorder if you are vulnerable."

How does asthma progress?

This is actually an individual occurence. In some it will eventually go away, others it stays the same, and then others it will become worse.

How Does smoking cause shortness of breath?

It screws up your lungs, pretty much just slowly kills your lungs, which makes it harder to beath or can make you cough, or give you cancer.

Does asthma affect breathing rate?

most people with asthma don't really necessarily have increased rate of breathing unless their asthma is really, really acting up. Typically what they feel instead is that they feel a sense of air hunger, like no matter how much of a deep breath they take they just can't get the sensation of being relaxed with their breathing. The other thing that they often will report is that they can take a nice deep breath, but then it takes a long time for them to get that air out.

How many people die of asthma a day?

Here's a cut and past from the AAFA website talking about asthma mortality.

Mortality

* Each day 11 Americans die from asthma. There are more than 4,000 deaths due to asthma each year, many of which are avoidable with proper treatment and care. In addition, asthma is indicated as "contributing factor" for nearly 7,000 other deaths each year. [14]

* Since 1980 asthma death rates overall have increased more than 50% among all genders, age groups and ethnic groups. The death rate for children under 19 years old has increased by nearly 80% percent since 1980. [15]

* More females die of asthma than males, and women account for nearly 65% of asthma deaths overall. [16]

* African Americans are three times more likely to die from asthma. African American Women have the highest asthma mortality rate of all groups, more than 2.5 times higher than Caucasian women. [17]

What is the cause for snoring?

Snoring is caused by airway obstruction. There are two types of airway obstruction.

Nasal Airways Obstruction: This is where your nasal passages have been blocked. This can come from problems with the sinuses, and irregularities of the nasal passages. Products such as Breathe Right Nasal Strips, and nasal sprays may be effective in these cases.

Throat Airways Obstruction: This is often caused by the tongue and soft palate restricting the airways of the throat. Products such as Slumber Guard can hold the lower jaw in a forward position, so as to keep the throat airways from collapsing.

What can happen to a person if they use an expired asthma pump?

My technical knowlege of this is limited, but i can give you the basic idea. inhalors vary, but most are part steroid, and if taken without being needed, will make your heart pace quickly. i certainly wouldn't try this, cause its probably dangerous :L

My technical knowlege of this is limited, but i can give you the basic idea. inhalors vary, but most are part steroid, and if taken without being needed, will make your heart pace quickly. i certainly wouldn't try this, cause its probably dangerous :L