AN ASTHMA ATTACK

An Asthma Attack



An Asthma Attack

Introduction

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways. It is manifested by attacks of breathlessness, wheezing, nocturnal and often reversible, either spontaneously or as a result of treatment. It is a multifactorial syndrome, whose expression depends on acquired factors often related to the environment. Specific factors (such as allergy) are associated with other non-specific (such as pollution or tobacco), and modulate non-specific bronchial hyperresponsiveness. Asthma affects all age groups but often starts in childhood.

Discussion

Being asthmatic, make an asthma attack, these are expressions that can be heard without necessarily realize what they mean for ...