Hello all ... good night, back again with me @hafizaulia. At this time I would like to continue what I have written in the last posting PART 1 of respiratory tract diseases. At this time the post wanted to share one of the diseases of the respiratory tract, namely asthma.

Definition Of Asthma

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Asthma in the language of Greece "asthma" is the kind of long term or chronic diseases in respiratory tract characterized by inflammation and constriction of the airway causing a tightness or difficult breathing, asthma sufferers may also experience other symptoms such as chest pain, coughing and wheezing. Asthma can be suffered by all age groups, whether young or old.

Although the exact cause of asthma is not known explicitly, but there are some things that often trigger it such as cigarette smoke, dust, fur, physical activity, cold, viral infection or even exposure to chemical substances. For someone who has asthma, respiratory diseases are more sensitive than other people who do not live with this condition. When the lungs are irritated skin then the muscles of the respiratory tract asthmatics would be stiff and make the channel narrows. Otherwise it will be an increase in the production of phlegm which made breathing more difficult to do.

The Causes Of Asthma

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There are two factors that cause asthma, this factor could come from within and from outside. The actual cause of the disease is not yet known for sure but there are some things that can trigger asthma such as below:

GENETIC FACTORS

One factor that most often the causes of recurrence of asthma is congenital factors or genetic factors. This innate or genetic factors revealed by previous generations such as a parent, grandparent or great-grandmothers. Someone who gets asthma because of the lineage or genetic factors are usually experiencing asthma symptoms similar to a parent or grandparent of his grandmother.

COLD AIR

This is one of the triggers of asthma. For example, the room AIR CONDITIONING is too cold, it can also trigger asthma. Driving a motor vehicle at night without wearinga jacket is also very dangerous for people with this disease.

SMOKING

Smoking contains harmful substances that can cause a variety of diseases including asthma. The nicotine content of cigarettes smoked particularly if entry into the respiratory tract can damage the lungs and can irritate the respiratory tract. Both active as well as passive smokers smokers, both equally risky for the asthma affected.

STRESS

Caution If you store too much burden on the mind to experience stress. Because stress can also be the cause of asthma. Therefore manage your mind so that it is always quiet and peaceful to avoid stress. In addition set the time properly so that the work does not accumulate. Because the burden of the work that piled up too high risk to cause stress.

AIR POLLUTION

The environment is polluted or air pollution can also be the cause of asthma. Air pollution can be smoke generated from motor vehicles, factory fumes, smoke of burning trash or forest fires as well as the abundance of dust flying. This air pollution can contaminate a when you are out of the House as well as inside the House. House or rooms that are rarely cleaned can produce pollution in the form of dust is easy to trigger the onset of asthma. Air pollution is so the irritant if inhaled then respiratory tract will be sensitive and narrows so that risk causing asthma.

Asthma Symptoms

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Asthma symptoms there are a still lighter and some are already quite severe. Asthma symptoms are bad enough already and is badly named as asthma attacks. The following are some of the symptoms of the disease of asthma:

Difficult Breathing
the tired and Lethargic
Disappearance Sound
hard to sleep or Insomnia
it's hard doing many things
Nervous and tense.
Sweating
Nausea and vomiting
Mild Fever
Itching in the throat

Types of asthma

In General, the asthma is divided into two types, namely asthma in children (child-onset asthma) and asthma in adults (adult-onset asthma). But there are also the types of asthma more, which are distinguished based on the situation and trigger the occurrence of:

allergic Asthma

This type of asthma is a type of asthma that is caused by an allergen (allergy-triggering substances), such as fur, certain types of food, dust, mold, pollen, and other allergens substances.

non-allergic Asthma (Intrinsic Asthma)

This type of asthma triggered by a disturbing substances contained in the air, but is not included as an allergen. Substances such as perfume, dust in the home, cigarette smoke, and air pollution may cause symptoms of troubled breathing for patients with this type of asthma.

Occupational Asthma

As the name suggests, this type of asthma is asthma that is associated with the job. Many asthmatics who are experiencing symptoms or asthma attack while in her place of work, is caused by environmental factors that can trigger asthma, such as air conditions, dust, cigarette smoke, or even stressful situations that often appear on sitejob.

Exercise-induced asthma (EIA)

This is a type of asthma asthma that is triggered due to the exercise or physical activity, the activity after reaching a certain point, asthma attacks will occur and cause wheezing (reads when breathing), chest tightness and cough feels.

Nocturnal asthma

This is a type of asthma that is usually very severe at night, the symptoms of asthmaitself can appear at any time, but at night, or even during sleep, asthma attacks will be more severe.

Cough-variant asthma

This type of asthma is dominated by dry cough that is very severe, and usually has no other asthma symptoms (shortness of breath, wheezing, and others). It causes thistype of asthma late detected and handled, because of asthma attacks that occur only in the form of cough. The trigger could be due to a bad air conditions or due to heavy physical activity.

Treatment Of Asthma

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This asthma treatment takes long enough so that the patients should always consulttheir doctor routine respectively so that the development of this disease is monitored. For the treatment of asthma sufferers will depend on the conditions of each suffererin accordance with the severity of asthma. As one way of handling a good asthma is to teach the sufferer to use inhalers to breathe in the medicine of the sort of asthmatics.

Prevention Of Asthma

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Prevention of Asthma in the home environment

Maintain air circulation

This fungus is one of the common triggers of asthma interference. To reduce it, keep air circulation in the House by opening the Windows and keep the bathroom clean and dry.

Avoid cleaning products that contain chemicals

The gas that comes from household cleaners, like liquid glass cleaner sprayed can trigger asthma. Avoid inhaling the gas for how to prevent asthma since allergies.

maintain the cleanliness of the bed

Sleeping equipment such as mattresses and pillows, bed linen is one of bersarangnya mites cause asthma. To that end, we recommend using the pillow or mattress is anti allergic and always routine for washing equipment such beds bed linen once a week. It aims to reduce the moisture and helps prevent mold.

do not let pets are in bed or other furniture

Pet fur, like a cat or dog fur danger inhaled is one of the triggers of asthma are common. For it do not let pets are in bed or other furniture.

clean the carpet and kids toys

Carpet and children's toys such as dolls is a hotbed for dust allergens and asthma. For it, how to prevent asthma is by doing the cleaning both the objects are routinely using the vacum cleaner equipped with HEPA air filters a minimum of 2 weeks.

Prevention of Asthma in Office environments

Always standby

Always prepare asthma relief drugs in the bag is the right step when asthma attacksoccur later. This aims if sudden asthma attacks occur later as in the Office, already knowing how to treat asthma as first aid. For example, by bringing asthma inhalers wherever go.

Avoid smoking

Cigarette smoke is a enemy for asthmatics, because of the dangers of cigarette smoke that comes from the sulutan api can be a cause of asthma interference. For it to avoid the habit of smoking or inhaling cigarette smoke from the surrounding people.

Avoid stress

Emotion and intense anxiety can worsen asthma symptoms. To avoid the stress of the job, since the problem can be done by channeling the hobby, or refresing for relaxation. This will soothe the mind as readily.

Prevention of outdoors

always pay attention to the State of the weather

The weather is too hot, humid, and the air quality is bad can aggravate asthma symptoms for some people. To that end, should limit outdoor activity when this happens.

Doing gentle exercise indoors

Do light physical activity is very important for people who are suffering from asthma. To avoid the risk of disorders asthma, should undertake activities or exercise indoors.

Avoid air that is too cold

The air that is too cold is believed to be able to trigger the onset of disorders asthma for example if it is going cold. To that end, before cold weather changes and prepare the environment to keep warm.

Avoid sources that can trigger allergies

At a certain moment a few kinds of plants will experience the process of pollination.It is that which will happen promised pollen that is believed to be one of the allergens cause asthma. To that end, should remain indoors during the process of pollination takes place.

Complications Of Asthma

Here are some of the complications of asthma:

Pneumomediastinum asthma Complications

Pneumomediastinum from Greece pneuma "air", also known as emphysema mediastinum is a condition where the air present in the mediastinum. This condition can be caused by physical trauma or other circumstances that lead into the air out of the lungs, air duct or intestine into the chest cavity.

Complications of asthma Atelektasis

Atelektasis is pengkerutan some or all of the lung due to a blockage of the airway (bronchial or bronkiolus) or the result of a very shallow breathing.

Bronchitis

Bronchitis or pneumonia is a condition in which the lining of the inside of the breathing passages in the lungs are small (bronkhiolis) experienced swelling. In addition to the swelling also happens to increased production of mucus (phlegm). As a result the sufferer feels the need to cough up over and over in an effort to excessive mucus, or found it hard to breathe because some Airways became narrower bythe presence of mucus.

Asthma Complications Aspergilosis

Aspergilosis is a respiratory disease caused by a fungus and tersifat by the presence of severe respiratory disorders. This disease can also cause lesions on various other organs, such as the brain and the eyes. Aspergilosis term used to indicate infection of Aspergillus sp.

Failing breath

Failing a breath can be tejadi when the exchange of oxygen against the karbodioksida in the lungs are unable to maintain the rate of oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide formation in the cells of the body.

Asthma Complications Pneumothoraks

Pneumothoraks is the State of the existence of air in the pleural cavity which is suspected when there is a clash or piercing of the chest. This situation can cause lung collapse further can cause failure of the breath.

The conclusion that I can give at this time is for those of you who already suffered from asthma medication was regularly with a doctor you trust and for those of you who have not been exposed to asthma, asthma forbid it because of myriad factors that can cause asthma. So from me when there is wrong I apologize, your support and your comments very I need for my writing became a great future. Don't forget to follow me @hafizaulia and wait for my next writing. Thanks you