Various Asthma Problems

Asthma is the most prevalent chronic respiratory disorder in almost all parts of the world. There are mainly two different types of asthma. Sometimes there are symptoms that resemble asthma but do not actually qualify to be the full blown disorder. This brings people to the need of understanding asthma thoroughly as a disease so that proper prevention and cure can then be followed.

Asthma can generally be classified in to two types. These are the categories of bronchial asthma and the categorization is based on the simple criteria of the predominant factors that cause asthma. These two types are, Extrinsic Asthma, which can again be classified as that form of asthma which develops when the people prone to it are exposed to surroundings containing various allergens. Generally these people do not show any symptoms and appear to be perfectly healthy or normal but upon exposure to an allergen that has the potency to develop symptoms in them they can develop the symptoms of asthma very quickly. The symptoms thus manifested can range from mild to chronic depending upon the response of the body towards the allergen.

The people who generally develop asthma in this way show a tendency towards other allergies and infections also like eczema. If tested it is seen that such people generally show allergic response to one or more than one allergens. These allergens can be of any sort. These can be food allergens or dust or animal dander or smoke or pollutants of any other kind. It is important to make out that the people who are usually prone to this kind of asthma may have been suffering from recurrent mild to severe bouts of cold, cough and repeated sneezing. This happens generally because the respiratory tract becomes weakened with every such bout of cold and since the people are already become prone to allergies, chances of his system contacting asthma become very high. This is also a type of asthma that is very prevalent in younger ages in life especially in smaller kids who get exposed to atmospheric pollutants a lot.

In the third world countries the situation is very austere for patients showing tendencies of extrinsic asthma. This is because the laws controlling the effect of pollutants from various factories and developmental outlets are very deprived and most of the time they are constantly flouted. So the tendency of extrinsic asthma can be really called as a lifestyle or developmental disease. It is also seen that many of the patients who show tendencies of this type of asthma may continue to be prone to various allergies even in advanced stages of life. Sometimes allergy triggered off by one sort of allergen can be easily translated into a full blown asthmatic attack also.

Sometimes allergies caused by allergens may lead to asthma like symptoms but they do not qualify as full blown cases of chronic asthma. Allergies are very difficult to detect because of the variety of allergens as well as the variety of reactions shown by the people towards each. But careful analysis by a qualified medical person can lead to proper judgment in the detection of asthma.

• John Palsson
• 15/12/2008, 12:59 PM
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