Asthma is the most common health problem worldwide. It is a condition of periodic and reversible constraint of the breathing tubes and results in wheezy and difficult breathing.

Asthma is Hereditary

Asthma is often hereditary, like having an abnormal sensitivity to substances in the environment, known as allergens. It significantly affects patients' lives — at school, at play, at work, and at home.

Wheezy bronchitis in babies is not necessarily the same; it responds well to treatment and many children grow out of it.

How to get rid of Asthma? How to prevent yourself from Asthma?

Patients with asthma should be investigated in an attempt to identify their particular sensitivities. The commonest substances causing asthma are house dust mite and animal fur. The patient may be greatly helped by avoiding the relevant animals; the bedroom, including bed and bed-covers, should be vacuum cleaned daily and bedding should be of synthetic material.

Mattresses are a major source of house dust and the house dust should be sealed in plastic bags after collecting from vacuum cleaner and then disposed off in the garbage-bin.

Asthma is a Chronic Inflammatory Disorder

Asthma has also been defined as a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways with hyper-responsiveness, airflow limitation, and disease chronicity, with gene expression contributing to the pathophysiology, and viral infections a major cause of exacerbation and development of asthma. There is a need to understand the variability of the chronic inflammation, gene-environment interaction, recognition of early childhood risk factors, and the role of anti-inflammatory agents in disease progression.

During initial presentation, asthma severity should guide clinical decision. Once therapy is initiated, the assessment of asthma control should guide therapy. Patients should be taught to self-monitor and manage asthma and use a written asthma plan. The goal of asthma therapy is to control asthma so that patients can live active, full lives while minimizing their risk of asthma exacerbations and other problems. Even patients whose asthma is well controlled must be monitored because responsiveness to therapy is variable.

It is essential that asthma patients benefit from the best available scientific evidence for monitoring and management of asthma. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that US prevalence of asthma is 22 million, including 6.5 million children younger than 18 years, and mortality from asthma exacerbations is estimated at 4000 per year.