Tuesday, May 2 is World Asthma Day. An event, created in 1998 at the initiative of the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA), which brings together health professionals and people with asthma from all over the world, in order to exchange and learn about the various subjects related to asthma. In France, this lung disease affects more than four million people.
It is an event created in 1998 on the initiative of the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA). It brings together health professionals and people with asthma to discuss and learn about the various topics related to the disease. In France, more than four million people are affected. The researchers note that there is not “one asthma”, but several forms of the disease, the study of which should lead to the development of new, more targeted treatments. How is this disease characterized?
Coughing, wheezing, inability to breathe…
Asthma is an inflammation of the bronchial tubes which causes difficulty in breathing. Certain particles present in the air, such as dust, pollen or tobacco smoke, for example, irritate the very fine muscles which operate the bronchi and cause them to swell. Mucus forms in the lungs, to protect them, and this is what triggers the asthma attack.
They result in coughing, wheezing, or even in the most serious cases, the impossibility of breathing. Each year, more than 900 deaths and 60,000 hospitalizations linked to this disease are recorded in France.
Asthma cannot be cured
To date, there is no definitive treatment. The only solutions are to treat the attacks urgently using Ventoline type inhalers to dilate the bronchi, to which are added background cures based on corticosteroids which desensitize the lungs and delay the onset of new crises.
Source: Europe1
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