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Asthma Information – Special Types of Asthma
Exercise Induced Asthma: As the name suggests this is the difficulty in breathing and asthma like situation induced after heavy exercise. The intensity and duration of any exercise depends upon the endurance and the physical conditioning of an individual. Many asthmatics are capable of exercising for longer durations of time as well as even during an attack. But others must stop immediately at the onset of the attack. This would therefore depend completely on individual discretion.
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Occupational Asthma – Causes , Symptoms and Treatment
Asthma is a chronic (long-term, ongoing) inflammation of the breathing passages (bronchi) of the lungs. The inflammation irritates the airway, causing breathing problems.
· Most people with asthma have sudden attacks or periods of bothersome or severe symptoms separated by periods of mild symptoms or no symptoms at all.
· Asthma is an inflammatory reaction that is triggered by external factors or specific situations.
· When a person with asthma is exposed to one of his or her triggers, the inflammation worsens and symptoms ensue.
“Occupational asthma is a disease characterised by variable air flow limitation and/or airway hyper-responsiveness due to causes and conditions attributable to a particular occupational environment and not to stimuli encountered outside the workplace” (Bernstein et al 1993). Within this definition two types of occupational asthma can be distinguished:
In the first instance, there is agreement, that the syndrome of chest tightness, wheezing, shortness of breath, dry cough etc, which appears after a latent period of occupational exposure constitutes occupational asthma.
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Dealing With Asthma
This chain reaction can result in asthma symptoms. The condition should be taken seriously, since uncontrolled asthma may result in emergency hospitalization and possible death. Unfortunately, many asthma sufferers treat asthma attacks only, which are brought on by a number of triggers.
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