Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Knowledge about Asthma

Asthma is a symptom caused by respiratory disorders in the form of heightened sensitivity to stimuli from the environment as a trigger.

Triggers of symptoms may include fatigue of the mind (emotional distress), physical fatigue, changes in the environment which is not expected (weather, humidity, temperature, smoke (especially tobacco) and smells that stimulate), respiratory tract infections, especially of certain influenza illness, and allergic reactions of the materials are inhaled or eaten.

Level of sensitivity of the respiratory tract symptoms begins from mild symptoms (a runny nose / sneezing or coughing that often recurrent / relapsed) to severe symptoms of asthma attacks (difficulty breathing). This situation is in fact characterized by a background of allergic reactions.
The emergence of some degree of sensitivity of the recorded symptoms / can be expressed by the patient usually starts since childhood. About 50 % of symptoms will heal by itself, although at one time these symptoms will appear again at more severe symptoms are often given the term asthma. About 55-6 - % in respiratory allergic diseases can be passed on to children or grandchildren and the rest due to environmental pollution due to lacking or still not getting attention, because it's new symptoms appear as an adult not because it is a strange thing

Cause

Basic problems in asthma lies in the respiratory tract abnormalities are dressed the reaction / inflammation (caused by allergic reaction) caused by exposure to ingredients such as:
  • Dust is in the house of dust coming from cotton mattress (especially long), carpets, sofa, old clothes stored in closets, ceiling roof, books/ old paper archives, etc.
  •  Food items, especially species of marine fish, cow's milk, eggs, chocolate, nuts, etc.. (are foodstuffs that have traits that irritate such as spicy, cold, sticky, sweet / sour, salty, etc.. not the cause but the trigger).
The environment, among others, fur derived from agricultural materials (pollen, hay, grasses, bagasse, etc..), Ingredients derived from poultry droppings and feathers and pets.