An asthma attack can occur when you are exposed to things in the environment such as house dust mites and tobacco smoke. These are called asthma triggers. 如果你接触到环境中的某些东西,如尘螨和烟草烟雾时,有可能导致哮喘发作。这些叫做哮喘的诱发因素。 1 Environmental Tobacco Smoke (Secondhand Smoke...
doi:10.1002/ppul.70112Susanne HalkenFrom the Department of Pediatrics, Soenderborg Hospital, DenmarkJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Pediatric PulmonologyHalken S. What causes allergy and asthma? The role of dietary factors. Pediatr Pulmonol Suppl. 2004;26:223-4....
Environmental tobacco smoke is often called “secondhand smoke” because it is smoke that is breathed in not by a smoker but by a second person nearby. Parents, friends, and relatives of children with asthma should try to stop smok...
Asthma is a chronic lung disorder that can make breathing difficult. With asthma, a person experiences narrow, inflamed airways (bronchial tubes). "Asthma" is an ancient Greek word meaning "short breath," and as the name implies, it can leave you gasping for air. One of the telltale signs...
Asthma can run in families, and children of asthmatic parents are more likely to develop the condition. If one parent has asthma, there is a 25% chance their child will also have it, while if both parents have asthma, the risk rises to 50%. However, genetics are not the only factor ...
About 25 million people in the U.S. have asthma; about 6 million of these are children. The condition affects men and women equally. Asthma Can Be Deadly Asthma causes over 14 million visits to doctors each year and nearly 2 million emergency room visits. And, tragically, asthma can kill...
No one really knows what causesasthma. What we do know is thatasthmais a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways. The causes can vary from person to person. Still, one thing is consistent: When airways come into contact with a trigger, they become inflamed, narrow, and fill with mucus...
What are the different types of asthma? Although many people have asthma (over 5 million in the UK), the way in which any two people are affected can vary greatly. As a result, there are a number of ways of classifying the disease. It is helpful to pinpoint your specific asthma type...
and make you wonder what causes asthma in the first place. the answer isn’t entirely clear-cut, but doctors have some ideas. let’s do a quick refresher on how asthma works so you can better understand what may cause it. there are various types of asthma , but they all have the ...
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the lungs where the airways become so obstructed the sufferer struggles to breathe. It's vastly more prevalent in Western societies, and usually develops in childhood. But what do we know about what causes it?