ASTHMA
Asthma is a chronic disease that affects your airways, which are the tubes that carry air into and out of your lungs. If you have asthma, the inside walls of your airways are inflamed (swollen). The inflammation makes the airways very sensitive, and they tend to react strongly to things that you are allergic to or find irritating. When the airways react, they get narrower and less air flows to your lung tissues. This causes symptoms like wheezing (a whistling sound when you breathe), coughing, tightness in the chest, and trouble breathing.
Asthma is caused by environmental and genetic factors. These factors influence how severe asthma is and how well it responds to medication. The interaction is complex and not fully understood.
What is an asthma attack?
The small air sacs and airways of the lungs become irritated. Thus, they swell and can fill with mucous. This leaves less space in the airways for air to move through and it becomes hard to get enough air into the lungs. This results in chest pain and an overwhelming desire to breathe rapidly which actually worsens the situation.
Asthma can be life threatening and so must be taken seriously. An asthma attack can develop into a more serious attack or it can just exhaust the patient such that a mild attack can become fatal.
There is no cure for asthma, but the disease can be managed. Medication is available to prevent attacks and relieve the symptoms. Attacks can be minimised by avoiding known triggers as much as possible and by leading a generally healthy lifestyle, including fresh foods and exercise.
It is important to develop an asthma plan with your doctor so that everyone knows what to do to avoid attacks and deal with them when they occur. Asthma is more common in children than adults, but first attacks can occur at any age. Some children appear to ‘grow out of it’, but these people will still have more sensitive airways than non-asthmatics.
What if I have an attack?
People identified as having an asthma attack previously should have a plan in place with their doctor and know what to do. For patients having their first asthma attack, it is wise to see a doctor soon afterwards to discuss the disease. By learning about asthma and your triggers, you can manage it and reduce the likelihood of attacks. Having asthma is serious but need not change your life very much. Learning about your disease is the first step to leading a normal life, and then some simple precautions can be followed to minimise attacks and complications.
What does it feel like?
For anyone who has never had an asthma attack, it is very hard to understand what it feels like. It is similar to be being puffed after running up a hill, but not quite the same; for one thing, it is much scarier.
To get a feel for asthma, put a normal drinking straw in your mouth and hold your nose closed. Now jog on the spot for a minute. How’s your breathing going? Notice the sensations of breathing in and your chest getting pained? That is similar to how asthmatics feel during an attack.
The Main Idea
The main idea of the text is asthma is a chronic disease that affects your airways, which are the tubes that carry air into and out of the lungs. The causes symptoms like wheezing (a whistling sound when you breathe), coughing, tightness in the chest, and trouble breathing.
The Organized
The first paragraph is the main idea of the text, the second paragraph is the cause. The next paragraph is the explaination of the text’s title, as like what is an asthma attack?, what if I have an attack? And what does it feel like?
Why Do I Like This Article?
Because the title, that is asthma, make me scare. So many people are dead because of this disease. And for me, this title is intrest to be learned because this disease common we find arround us and we can know the signs and symptoms.
The Summary
Asthma is such a common disease now that everybody has heard of it and probably knows a few people who have it.
We have known that patients who have asthma use significant amounts of healthcare, including hospitalizations and unscheduled emergency department or clinic visits. However, asthma is also commonly associated with co morbidities such as obesity and depression, which are often unrecognized and may contribute to high utilization of healthcare.
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