Wheezing, tightness in the chest, coughing, and breathlessness is something people have deal with through their entire lives. Asthma is a chronic disease that is common for a long term. Chronic diseases generally more often than not cannot be prevented by vaccines or cured with some type of medicine or remedy, and they do not just disappear. Not something to just shake off, people live all their lives with this type of disease and can only do so much to manage their symptoms and go on with the rest of their day. Asthma attacks the respiratory tract with breathing and tightness in the chest. The cause of asthma according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is not yet known and the cure is not quite figured out at the moment.
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Many risk factors come into play when dealing with asthma, such as the environment can play a role indoor and outdoor, allergen and genetics, and also behavioral choices in life can lead to an encounter with a disease one way or another. The environment brings factors such as air pollution, sulfur dioxide, ozone, cold temperatures, and high humidity, are known to trigger symptoms of asthma. These factors cause trouble with breathing with coughing, shortness of breath, and chest pains. Asthma attacks occurs with a disruption in the respiratory tract of the lungs, and are like to cause wheezing and breathlessness. Allergies are also a link to asthma, a nationwide study showed levels of bacterial toxins in house dust directly related to asthma. Other indoor allergen linked to asthma include animal proteins, fungi, mold, dust mites. Changes to modern day houses to be more energy efficient and safe over the years are seen to increase exposure to these other causes of asthma. Everyone has a freedom of choice, just some choices can lead to different outcomes, and smoking is a choice that is a risk factor in developing asthma. As several studies have confirmed that smoking links with an increase risk in asthma. Also with secondhand smoke, just being around smoke exposure can link the development of asthma in life. Living in the city of Las Vegas we are all exposed to cigarette smoke walking in and out of casinos, bars, and even just walking the
Many risk factors come into play when dealing with asthma, such as the environment can play a role indoor and outdoor, allergen and genetics, and also behavioral choices in life can lead to an encounter with a disease one way or another. The environment brings factors such as air pollution, sulfur dioxide, ozone, cold temperatures, and high humidity, are known to trigger symptoms of asthma. These factors cause trouble with breathing with coughing, shortness of breath, and chest pains. Asthma attacks occurs with a disruption in the respiratory tract of the lungs, and are like to cause wheezing and breathlessness. Allergies are also a link to asthma, a nationwide study showed levels of bacterial toxins in house dust directly related to asthma. Other indoor allergen linked to asthma include animal proteins, fungi, mold, dust mites. Changes to modern day houses to be more energy efficient and safe over the years are seen to increase exposure to these other causes of asthma. Everyone has a freedom of choice, just some choices can lead to different outcomes, and smoking is a choice that is a risk factor in developing asthma. As several studies have confirmed that smoking links with an increase risk in asthma. Also with secondhand smoke, just being around smoke exposure can link the development of asthma in life. Living in the city of Las Vegas we are all exposed to cigarette smoke walking in and out of casinos, bars, and even just walking the