Allergic asthma is an asthma attack triggered by an allergen. How different is it from regular asthma, and how is it treated? An allergy is an excessive reaction by the immune system to a normally harmless component of the environment called an allergen. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the bronchial tubes that leads …
Asthma sufferers find it difficult to breathe in and out of their lungs, as if they were breathing through a straw. A whistling sound accompanies this discomfort and indicates narrowing of the bronchi. Air gets trapped in the chest, and the chest feels tight. The word “tightness” is most often used. This feeling is accompanied …
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In addition to the acute paroxysmal form, there are also more chronic forms with frequent mild breathing difficulties, which often force sufferers to inhale a bronchodilator to provide temporary relief. Other symptoms should give cause to suspect asthma: Chronic cough, either dry or initially dry, then oily, with a clear nocturnal predominance in the second …
