National Nursing Review : Nursing Study Resources & Health Tips

After learning what asthma is, the next step is to know what the symptoms of asthma, those most characteristic processes associated with this chronic respiratory disease.

Say to diagnose that a person has asthma, you have to give two conditions. First, they are given a series of symptoms that make you think that you can have asthma, and second, to perform spirometry (lung capacity test) in which measured the volume of air from a blow. (more…)

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).

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

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