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World Asthma Day is observed on May 1 to spread awareness among public worldwide about the precautions and preventions of asthma. Every year, the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) organizes the event in order to increase the asthma awareness all around the world. In 1998, GINA established World Asthma Day. Not all of us are aware of the actual nature, cause, and that there are multiple types of asthma out there. The truth of the matter is asthma isn’t entirely understood. There are multiple factors which leads to this chronic disease. According to many studies, the increasing pollution levels have been linked to the rise in asthma cases, especially among teenagers and children.
Asthma is a condition in which a person’s airways become inflamed, narrow and swell and produce extra mucus, which makes it difficult to breathe. If you frequently experience shortness of breath or you hear a whistling or wheezy sound in your chest when you breathe, you may have asthma. If people with asthma are exposed to a substance to which they are sensitive or a situation that changes their regular breathing patterns, the symptoms can become more severe.
Asthma can be characterized by coughing, wheezing, chest tightening and shortness of breath. Episodes of coughing and wheezing can happen a few times in a week or several times in a day. Sometimes the symptoms become worse with exercise, at night, cold air or in the morning.
A combination of genetic and environmental interactions is behind this lung disease. The factors responsible for the development of asthma may vary from person to person. Here are some of the asthma triggers.
The aim of asthma treatment is to avoid the substances that trigger your symptoms and control airway inflammation. There are two basic kinds of medication for treating asthma:
Control drugs – to prevent attacks. They control your symptoms. You must take them every day for them to work. They are administered orally or by inhalation. The most common and effective way to deliver asthma drugs to the lungs are asthma Inhalers. If it is difficult to use small inhalers, your doctor may prescribe an asthma nebulizer, a breathing machine. The nebulizer changes asthma medications from a liquid to a mist which is more easily inhaled into the lungs. The asthma nebulizer with a mask is typically used for infants, small children and elderly adults.
Steroids and Other Anti-Inflammatory Drugs: the most important treatment for most people with asthma, particularly the inhaled steroids. They prevent asthma attacks by reducing swelling and mucus production in the airways which cause the airways to be less sensitive and less likely to react to asthma triggers. E.g. Asmanex, Alvesco, Qvar AeroBid, Flovent, Pulmicort.
Long-acting bronchodilators – often combined with inhaled steroids for long-term control of asthma symptoms or when you have asthma symptoms daily despite treatment with a daily inhaled steroid alone. Long-acting bronchodilators are never used alone for long-term therapy.
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