Home Remedies and Natural Cures
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If your child or any other family member has been giving you sleepless nights because of incessant coughing, it’s time you got this problem medically examined. More so, if the cough comes in bouts and makes him or her turn red in the face due to difficulty in breathing. This problem can very well be asthma, the dreaded condition that can keep one on tenterhooks, just anticipating the next attack. You’d be surprised to know that one in ten children and one in three adults suffer from chronic bronchial asthma.
If for some reason, the airways inside the lungs get inflamed, they cause contraction of the bronchioles, the tubes that carry the air. This narrowing of the air ducts restricts the passage of air and makes breathing difficult, ultimately leading to an acute asthma attack. If you’ve frequent attacks, this can lead to chronic asthma, which may require medical management for preventing and minimizing these attacks.
There can be many reasons for asthma, like pollution; asthma allergy brought on by pollen, dust mites, second-hand smoking, feathers and other allergens; asthma food allergy resulting from dietary products, like wheat, dairy products, chocolate, nuts, preservatives and beverage additives; temperature changes, like the cold morning air; stress and anxiety; and, in some cases, heredity.