In case of asthma, the patient faces difficulty in breathing and it is a serious disease occurring mainly in the lungs. You all know this. Earlier it was believed that asthma becomes its victim only after a certain age, but nowadays due to pollution and modern lifestyle, the number of asthma diseases is increasing. Many doctors consider asthma as a condition rather than a disease. Nowadays it is seen that asthma is present in people of almost all ages. Asthma patients are increasing very rapidly in India. Young people and even children are now becoming victims of this problem.
India has 13 percent asthma patients in the entire world. Due to lack of awareness in the country, India is at the forefront in terms of deaths due to asthma diseases. 46 percent of deaths due to asthma worldwide occur in India alone. An estimated more than 2 lakh people die due to asthma every year in India. According to a report which is Global Asthma Report 2022. In India, 3 crore 50 lakh people have asthma and people suffering from this disease need to take constant precautions and the main reason here is that it is believed that asthma is not diagnosed on time. Most of the people who are unable to get it treated on time. The risk increases due to lack of treatment. Lack of awareness is seen regarding Asthma in our country. In this article we will know what is the cause of asthma? What are the symptoms? What are the precautions and diagnosis?
What is asthma?
Asthma is a lung disease. This includes our breathing pipe, through which we breathe in. Swelling occurs in it due to which the path of breathing becomes shorter. It is episodic, meaning it does not last forever. In between, if there is any pollution, any exposure, any infection, then it increases and the patient's respiratory tract starts shrinking and swelling occurs. Due to which the patient starts having trouble breathing. This is what we call an asthma attack. But this problem keeps increasing and decreasing from time to time.
Symptoms of asthma
Talking about the symptoms of asthma, cough and difficulty in breathing are its common symptoms. There is mostly no problem of mucus in this.
Primary Causes of Asthma
If seen, asthma mostly runs in families, that is, if someone's grandparents or parents or uncles and aunts have asthma, then there is a high possibility that it will also happen to the children in the family. . We call this genetic susceptibility. The second thing is the environment, like dust from AC in the house, dust from blankets, pets etc. then it can be a trigger. If someone in the family has asthma and they get an environmental trigger, they have a chance of developing asthma.
One is chronic asthma in which the patient is suffering from asthma but if it is not treated then the asthma starts increasing. When some people start smoking, asthma also increases due to that. Asthma also increases due to weight gain. Asthma also increases due to change in weather. The main reason for asthma is genetic susceptibility and the other is a trigger from the environment.
What is the difference between allergy and asthma?
Asthma occurs in most of the cases, if we say that in 70 to 80 percent of the cases it is allergic asthma and there is also non-allergic asthma. Allergic asthma usually has early onset, meaning it can start in children or at the age of 17-18 to 20-22 years, the problem of asthma that starts in these people is mostly allergic. Due to which the patient may experience sneezing, itching in the eyes, skin rash, all this can be due to allergic asthma. But non-allergic asthma starts after the age of 40-50 years. Especially those women who are slightly overweight, as the age increases, the weight also starts increasing. When asthma starts after the age of 50, we call it late onset asthma. In most cases, this happens without any allergy.
Precautions and Diagnosis
The biggest thing is that there is lack of awareness among the people. People go to the doctor only when there is a trigger for asthma, as we know that there is a genetic tendency for asthma. If asthma is running in someone's family, then it can be predicted in advance that some other member of the family is likely to suffer from this problem, be it children or adults. In such a situation, they should go to the doctor and seek advice from time to time.
Usually people go to the doctor due to cough or breathlessness. Doctors evaluate whether it is a simple cough or there is an allergy behind it. If there is allergy then allergy test is done. There are some blood tests and some patch tests. So that it can be found out due to which he is facing this problem and he is made aware of the reasons due to which he is facing this problem. Treatment is done accordingly. Asthma is a disease which can be treated. Inhalers are mostly given in its treatment. Inhaler has to be taken on regular basis or intermittently, this can control your disease.
Inhaler is given for both asthma, whether it is allergic or non-allergic. However, inhalers come in many types. There may be different medicines in it, so which type of inhaler your doctor has told you, you should take it in that way.
Apart from this, you have to avoid those things to which you are allergic, due to which your asthma is increasing, whether it is food or dust.
What to eat and What not to eat
What to eat in asthma-
- Drink lukewarm water.
- Consume wheat, rice, moong, barley.
- Include green leafy vegetables in your diet.
- Consume garlic and ginger.
- Consume turmeric and black pepper.
- Benefits of consuming neem, basil, bay leaves, peepal leaves.
- Consuming honey is beneficial.
- Consume almonds, walnuts, figs, raisins and apricots.
- Eat vitamin C rich foods.
What not to eat in asthma-
- Minimize the consumption of fatty foods.
- Avoid fast and junk food.
- Do not consume things with cold effect.
- Avoid eggs, fish and meat.
- Reduce the intake of milk, cheese and curd.
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