Asthma and the Long Term Affects
La Porcha Stell
Lone Star College Kingwood Asthma and Long Term Effects
What is Asthma? Asthma is when the airway becomes obstructed and block due to inflammation and swelling. When this event occurs, it becomes very difficult for a person to breathe and very dangerous because asthma can be very life threatening if the proper care and medication is not administered in time. Asthma affects a lot of people in this world from children, Adults, and elderly; some have a hard time adjusting because there’s so many things you have to be cautious about. Diseases that affect the airway can be very challenging and difficult to live with, especially for children because they have to have to be very careful not to do anything to trigger their asthma. How Asthma is Trigger
People today are living with asthma and will probably never know because they never had any signs or symptoms to occur until something triggers their …show more content…
According to Xu (2016),”.Asthma and allergic conditions in particular are believed associated primarily with exposure to contaminants common indoor rather than outdoor.” Everyday people are exposed to different things in the environment but it only takes that one chemical or something in the air to trigger that antigen that causes the airway to be obstructed. Once the airway is constricted due to what triggered the antigen and no medicine is provided within enough time frame; a person would experience a asthma attack. When a asthma attack occur your airway becomes very constricted and inflamed, which causes a edema and swelling. According to Des (1993),” states that asthma episode can develop rapidly with symptoms that include a cough, wheezing, excessive mucus production, a feeling of chest tightness, and shortness of
La Porcha Stell
Lone Star College Kingwood Asthma and Long Term Effects
What is Asthma? Asthma is when the airway becomes obstructed and block due to inflammation and swelling. When this event occurs, it becomes very difficult for a person to breathe and very dangerous because asthma can be very life threatening if the proper care and medication is not administered in time. Asthma affects a lot of people in this world from children, Adults, and elderly; some have a hard time adjusting because there’s so many things you have to be cautious about. Diseases that affect the airway can be very challenging and difficult to live with, especially for children because they have to have to be very careful not to do anything to trigger their asthma. How Asthma is Trigger
People today are living with asthma and will probably never know because they never had any signs or symptoms to occur until something triggers their …show more content…
According to Xu (2016),”.Asthma and allergic conditions in particular are believed associated primarily with exposure to contaminants common indoor rather than outdoor.” Everyday people are exposed to different things in the environment but it only takes that one chemical or something in the air to trigger that antigen that causes the airway to be obstructed. Once the airway is constricted due to what triggered the antigen and no medicine is provided within enough time frame; a person would experience a asthma attack. When a asthma attack occur your airway becomes very constricted and inflamed, which causes a edema and swelling. According to Des (1993),” states that asthma episode can develop rapidly with symptoms that include a cough, wheezing, excessive mucus production, a feeling of chest tightness, and shortness of