Asthma
Patients
Symptoms
Treatment and managing syptoms
Causes and triggers
Taking medication
- Using inhalers
- Allergies
- Exercise
- Infections
Complications
- Feeling tired all the time
- Underperformance at work / school
- Stress, anxiety, depression
- Unplanned visits to your GP
- Lung infections
- Delays in growth / puberty
- People of all ages
- A tight chest
- Wheezing
- Coughing
- Severe (and possibly life-threatening) asthma attacks (exacerbation)
- Stress
- Hyperinflation
- If untreated, it can lead to death
Reliever inhalers
Genetics
Environmental triggers
- Smoke
- Pollution
- Cold weather
- Fragrances
- Certain genes identified
- Family history
- Reduced early exposure to bacteria and viruses
- Dust
- Medications
- Dyspnea (difficulty breathing)
Types of asthma
- Intermittent
- Mild persistent
- Moderate persistent
- Severe persistent
Preventer inhalers
- Taking tablets
- Reduce the presence of triggers