What Is Asthma? Is Asthma a Disease that Can be Lived With?

What is asthma?

Asthma is a widespread persistent inflammatory condition of the lung airways whose cause is not totally understood.

What is asthma a disorder of? It's a disorder of the respiratory system in which the passage of air to the lungs sporadically narrow causing coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath which often worsens at night.

What is asthma  commonly thought to be? Bronchial asthma, another inflammation of the airways.

What is an asthma trigger? A trigger is something which sets off an attack, but which does not make you asthmatic in the first place.

• Allergies - a dog, cat, allergies to anything
• Excercise
• Cold weather
• Damp weather conditions
• Stress
• Smoke (children with parents who smoke are twice as likely to develop asthma as children of non-smoking parents)