Asthma

Asthma 1.0 Introduction The Macquarie dictionary explains asthma as “A paroxysmal disorder of respiration with laboured breathing, a feeling of constriction in the chest, and coughing”. Within the following pages there will be more and more information like and unlike this to help anyone learn more about this disease. This report is based on the facts about asthma and will focus on trends and treatments of the past, today and the future. Future problems, ethical and financial issues will also be considered. If this report is made correctly, anyone that can read should be able to pick up this assorted bundle of text, read it and then understand a lot more about asthma. 2.0 Defining the Disease 2.1 Definition Asthma is a condition in which the airways of the lungs become either narrowed or completely blocked, obstructing normal breathing. Once the airways have become obstructed, it takes more effort to force air through them, so that breathing becomes laboured. Although everyone’s airways have the potential for constriction in response to allergens or irritants, the asthmatics airways are oversensitive or hyperreactive. Asthmatic’s airways may become obstructed by one of the following; constriction of the muscles surrounding the airway, inflammation & swelling of asthma, airways, should, treatment, cure, future, disease, attacks, asthmatics, new, million, chest, airway, years, symptoms, research, per, over, medication, inflammation, help, doctor, cost, constriction, bronchodilators, breathing, become, australia, attack, anti-inflammatory, although, about, 2003, year, within