Chronic Asthma

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Asthma is a disease with the potential of causing acute or chronic blockage in the lungs of a person with hypersensitive airways. Acute referring to a single episode, and chronic referring to the long-term condition. This disease is controlled by temporary recurring episodes that may lead to inheritance of chronic asthma. Significant rising episodes of acute asthma requiring hospitalization in children has occurred during the past 20 years. “In the age group 5 to 17 years, about 15 million persons have been diagnosed with asthma in the United States alone.
Pathophysiology
There are two basic types of asthma. The first is referred to as extrinsic asthma that causes acute episodes triggered by hypersensitivity to an inhaled antigen. The second type of asthma is intrinsic asthma. In this disease, other types of stimuli target responsive tissue that cause the acute attack. Bronchi and bronchioles respond to the stimuli with three changes: inflammation of …show more content…

Medication in orderly on the regular basis to prevent attacks you to allergens, exercise, and aspirin. Cromolyn sodium is a prophylactic medication that is administered by inhalation on a regular daily basis. The drug inhibits release chemical mediators from sensitized mast cells in the respiratory passages and decreases the number eosinophils, thus reducing the hyperresponsiveness of the tissues.
There is not yet a total cure for asthma and the causes of asthma are not fully understood. Sometimes children with asthma can grow out of their symptoms, or many years of regular treatment may make the disease disappear. However, asthma may recur again later in life. Allergy treatment using hypo sensitization (often called allergy vaccination) can very occasionally achieve a near-cure of asthma in someone with specific reactions to known allergens, but is unhelpful for most

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