ASTHMA IS AN ILLNESS CHARACTERIZED BY EPISODES OF BREATHING DIFFICULTY, ACCOMPANIED WITH THE SENSATION OF SUFFOCATION DUE TO THE RESTRICTED RESPIRATORY TRACT INSIDE THE LUNGS. IT ALSO CAUSES A FREQUENT, VIOLENT COUGH AS THE BODY TRIES TO REMOVE THE MUCOUS ACCUMULATED IN THE LUNGS.
THE CONSTRICTION OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACTS IS CAUSED BY THREE MAINS FACTORS :
1.THE BRONCHIAL MUSCLE NEXT TO EACH TUBE CONTRACTS CAUSING A STIFLING OR SPASM AND THE INABILITY TO BREATH DEPLY AND EASILY.
2.ACCUMULATION OF MUCOUS IN THE BRONCHIAL TUBE.
3.INFLAMMATION OF THE MUCOUS MEMBRANE IN THE BRONCHIAL TUBE.
OR THE COMBINATION OF THE THREE.
SYMPTONS : TIGHTNESS IN THE CHEST, COUGH & PERIODIC BOUTS WITH BREATHING DIFFICULTY.
CAUSES : ALLERGIES, AIR POLLUTION, RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS, STRESS OR ANXIETY PRODUCING SPASMS (INVOLUNTARY CONTRACTIONS) OF THE MUSCLES THAT SURROUND THE BRONCHI AND NOT ALLOWING AIR TO ENTER THE LUNGS.
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