Asthma - By: Dennis James

Asthma is very common, so common that there is probably somebody that you know that suffers from it. If you do not understand what it fully is you do know what the symptoms are.

Asthma is a condition in the respiratory system that cause the smaller airways to tighten, this is what makes an asthma suffer have a hard time breathing. The time that an asthma attack can last is dependent on the seriousness of the condition and also how tight the airways happen to be.

People of any age can suffer from asthma but it is common to first appear when they are a child. There are some fortunate people that outgrow asthmaThere are also some people that will live with asthma for the rest of their life.

People who have no other asthma suffers in their family can acquire asthma. It is a misunderstanding about asthma, that it is passed down from generation to generation.

Asthma symptoms usually are cough, wheezing, tightness in the chest, breath shortness, and a hard time to breathe. Symptoms do vary form person to person.

An asthma attack has levels of mild, moderate, and severe.

For somebody that had mild asthma they have attacks when they have an upper respiratory infection. The rest of the other times they have no symptoms at all.

Some moderate asthma sufferers can have some symptoms from time to time. It could be worse in the early morning or late in the night, when they have a cold, or have a lot of stress in their lives.

Asthma suffers that have severe asthma usually have asthma symptoms every single day. At times they could fond it difficult to even talk to people or to be involved in any physical activity. Also they are in the hospital a lot due to the severity of their asthma.

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