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| Question: | My mother is chronic asthmatic. She is also very allergic to many things. Can her asthma be induced due to those allergies? How it can be controlled? |
| Answer: | Asthma is a kind of respiratory system distress that can not be cured but can be controlled well. It can be life threatening causing the death of the person. It has been established a very strong link with allergies. Allergic asthma is very common (almost 90%) and it starts in early childhood. Non-allergic asthma occurs in 10% cases and mostly developed after the age 30. Mostly, allergic asthma starts in childhood between 2-6 years of age. At this time, asthma is related to the exposure to allergens like dust mites, pollens. Below 2 years, it is very difficult to identify the asthma. Generally, asthma reappears in adult stage. The most common symptoms of asthma are wheezing (whistling sound while breathing) and shortness of breath. Coughing also occurs particularly in night and early morning or when exposed to cold air.
Early diagnosis and treatment of allergic asthma prevents it from getting worse. In the case of chronic asthma, the person needs to avoid those particular allergic triggers (including irritants like smoke), which induce asthma. Also, the person should take proper medication and the preventive measures to avoid the side effects of those medicines. |
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