Causes and types of asthma

Asthma can occur:

• against a background of hormonal disorders;
• for allergies;
• for infectious lung disease;
• Mixed asthma occurs from a combination of causes.

The most common type of disease is allergic. With constant contact with the pathogen, a mild allergic reaction causes bronchial problems.

Also people living in big cities suffer from different types of asthma. This may be due to poor environmental conditions.

Symptoms of bronchial asthma

The most common ones:

1. Choking attacks.
2. Wheezing and whistling on exhalation.
3. Cough.
4. Susceptibility to seasonal colds, which exacerbates problems with the respiratory system.

Often patients write off asthma precursors to seasonal colds and allergies. Recurrent choking attacks are a good reason to see a doctor.

Diagnosis

At the clinic. “MDI” is staffed by pulmonologists who can make a diagnosis after examining and listening to the patient’s complaints. Further diagnosis is necessary to determine the severity and cause of the disease.

1. Blood and sputum tests.
2. Spirometry is a study of bronchial obstruction.
3. Picflowmetry – to monitor asthma over time.

In Israel, the diagnostic accuracy is high, which makes it possible to establish the severity of asthma and select the optimal therapy.

How bronchial asthma is treated

There is no cure for asthma. Therapy is aimed at alleviating symptoms. Most often, patients respond well to treatment, resulting in remission or a reduction in the number of attacks.

Asthma is a serious condition that prevents you from leading a normal life. In severe forms, the patient has to miss work or school, reacts very acutely to asthma triggers. Therefore, therapy is selected in order to improve the quality of life, among other things.