Asthma Symptoms
People suffering from asthma may experience following symptoms:
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- Shortness of breathing (difficulty in breathing)
- Audible wheeze (whistling sound that produces due to inflammation or mucus buildup in bronchial tubes)
- Coughing
- Chest tightness and pain
Everyone suffering from asthma doesn’t have exactly the same symptoms as above at the same time. You may have different symptoms at different times. Your asthma symptoms may also vary from one asthma attack to the next, being mild during one and severe during another.
Mild asthma attacks are more common. The airways remain open a few minutes to few hours. Severs attacks are less common but last longer and require immediate medical help.
Following are some of the early symptoms of asthma:
- Frequent coughing
- Shortness of breath
- Tiredness
- Coughing or wheezing
- Moody, grouchy
- Decrease in lung function
- Signs of cold
- Trouble sleeping
Caution: Any asthma symptom is serious and can become deadly if left untreated.
Causes of Asthma
Well, there is no actual know cause of asthma. The causes of asthma vary from one person to another. When you get asthma attack, you get spasms of muscles around your airways, inflammation of bronchial tubes and filling with mucus.
Asthma frequently runs in families and is closely associated with hayfever and eczema. It is essentially caused by an allergic type of reaction of the immune system. Sometimes the irritants which set off the reaction are not strictly allergens but chemical irritants, for example smoke and fumes.
Some substances usually trigger asthma are:
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