Asthma: The symptoms, causes and treatment

Asthma is a common but nagging chronic disease where your airways to your lungs become inflamed therefore obstructing your ability to breath properly. The symptoms of wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath may act up at a certain time of the year or doing a certain activity and then go away for a while in most asthma patients. People with serious or continuous symptoms may get treatment such as an inhaler with special medication that is inhaled into the lungs during an asthma attack. The best way, however, to treat asthma is to avoid allergens or heavy exercise for long periods of time. These things (and others) trigger asthma attacks in most patients.


Asthma Attack: What is it?


A asthma attack is when symptoms worsen suddenly causing the body to struggle from the lack of oxygen. This would be a time where a patient should use their inhaler. You can tell when a person is having a asthma attack when they are completely out of breath and don’t seem to be able to catch it and their skin may turn a shade of blue due to lack of oxygen. If the patient is not able to recover or does not have their inhaler, they should be rushed to emergency!