What is asthma?
Asthma is an inflammatory disease. This disease is linked to inflammation of the bronchi face many substances that contaminate the air we breathe. The inflamed airways can then react quickly by tightening so exaggerated in all kinds of attacks (allergens, stress, cold air).

Asthma

How to recognize the crisis?
Faced with a crisis, the doctor will discuss asthma because of the whistling breathing. The crisis manifests itself most often:

  • difficulty breathing
  • shortness of breath, cough
  • wheezing
  • chest tightness




Sometimes the attacks are replaced by other events “atypical”

  • chronic cough
  • recurrent bronchitis.

What are triggers?
Seizures can be caused by triggers related:


At the internal or domestic pollution that are inhaled:
the dust mites found more frequently in bedding, carpets, rugs.
increased humidity, temperature and lack of ventilation in indoor
pets
Tobacco
At outdoor air pollution or air that is inhaled:

  • fumes, exhaust gases, aerosols, paints, ozone …
  • pollen

The wrong treatment monitoring.
To exercise in cases of exercise-induced asthma. One is sport-cons said: scuba diving.

Is what I can do sports?
Some types of exercise have more or less likely to trigger symptoms. Feel free to talk with your doctor before performing an activity. In addition, warm-up exercises performed before the start of the activity will help reduce the risk of onset of symptoms and asthma attacks. Many Olympic athletes, including runners, have asthma. They are the perfect illustration that it is possible, when asthma is properly supported, of exercise and sports.

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