Asthma symptoms in an adult: details of the symptoms

Asthma is a chronic non-infectious disease of the respiratory system, mainly appearing and exacerbating on an allergic background, under stressful situations and severe overwork of the whole organism. The main sign of the disease is pathological inflammation of the respiratory tract.

The first signs of the adult population

disease is characterized by enhanced sensitivity to environmental stimuli of the environment. A characteristic symptom in a patient with bronchial asthma is an antispasmodic reaction to any sharp odor. With such a reaction, the bronchial walls become edematous and dense, as a result, the airway becomes narrower. At the same time, oxygen enters the diaphragm a little, and the adult suffers suffocation.

The main signs of the disease

1. There are chronic desires for coughing. Especially at night it is reinforced.
   

   At night, the cough intensifies

2. Difficulty breathing while communicating with other people. As a rule, problems are experienced with inhalation, but exhalation occurs as usual without difficulty.
   

   During a conversation, there may be problems with breathing

3. There are wheezing with wheezing notes. Such whistles are very noticeable, even with a small inspiration they will be heard.
   

   At inhalations, rattles are audible

4. After any, even small physical exertion, dyspnea appears.
   

   With short physical exertion there is shortness of breath

5. If an adult has a cold, then breathing is even more difficult with a blocked nose.
   

   With a cold, it becomes even more difficult to breathe

The disease itself is not characterized as an independent disease, first of all it is a violation of the cardiovascular system, a lack of the left ventricle of the heart. Seizures often occur at night.

As a sign of the attack is a sense of anxiety and a sharp lack of air. With these signs, the most important thing is not to panic, but if you do not control your body and give in to anxiety, then breathing and palpitation will disintegrate, which can lead to irreversible consequences.

Symptoms of heart disease:

• pressing pain in the chest, shortness of breath, such symptoms are characteristic before the onset of cardiac asthma;
• a state of constant overexcitation, even when lying;
• dry irritating cough, hoarseness of voice, shortness of breath, after a few days sputum may begin to depart;
• increases pressure, rapid heart rate begins( tachycardia), fingertips and lips turn blue;
• with long bouts of fear begins to die( panic).

Symptoms of an allergic-type disease

Allergic asthma is quite common, expressed by the reaction to any allergens. Everyone has an allergic reaction to different objects, odors, foods, substances. Allergens, getting into the respiratory tract, cause shortness of breath, choking, skin rash, itching. There are cases when allergic seizures appear even on substances that previously did not cause any reactions in humans.

All patients with asthma react to such irritants as tobacco smoke, smoke from a fire or stove, while in patients with allergic asthma no rashes are observed.

Symptoms of allergic asthma are similar to those of bronchial type:

• whistles during inspiration;
• persistent cough;
• difficulty with the respiratory process;
• pressing pain in the chest;
• always want to sleep.

Classification of the disease

Because the disease has different symptoms, it is divided into a number of criteria.

Type

1. Before the start of the treatment process.
2. During the treatment process.
3. The effectiveness of the therapeutic process.
4. Results of the treatment process.

Form

1. Allergic.
2. Non-allergic.
3. Mixed.

Phase

1. Disease passing in the mild phase.
2. In the middle phase of the disease it becomes difficult to breathe, shortness of breath starts.
3. In the severe phase, there are frequent attacks of coughing, suffocation.

Degree of illness

1. Constant.
2. Developing.
3. The disease develops with an average level of severity.
4. Chronic.

What signs indicate the onset of the development of asthma

In adults, as such symptoms of the onset of the disease is almost invisible, but in the season of exacerbations seizures are very dangerous for life. In general, the signs of the onset of an attack depend on the degree of the disease. The more severe the disease, the clearer the symptoms.

Initial signs of the onset of the disease are often mistaken for an ordinary cold( runny nose, coughing, sneezing).All this and aggravates the recognition of bronchial asthma at the earliest possible time. First adults are treated for colds, and the condition becomes worse, there are attacks of suffocation. At such symptoms it is necessary to address urgently to the expert.

The first signs to look out for:

• any manifestations of allergic reactions;
• frequent colds, despite the time of year, can mean the onset of asthma;
• chest pain, breathing is not rhythmic with difficulty, speech is intermittent.

Asthmatic attacks in adults

If the first signs of an attack can not be recognized, the asthmatic attack itself will be predictable easily. The most important sign of the onset of the disease will be suffocation. With such an attack, the chest becomes like a cylinder, and the person, without understanding himself, assumes a sitting posture, in this position the respiratory functions begin to recover. Pain in the chest with this attack can not be felt if the patient does not have heart failure.

Diagnosis of asthma in an adult

Asthma manifests in an adult in different ways, so it often happens that it is confused with other diseases. But if there is even the slightest suspicion of asthma, then no doubt a consultation of a pulmonologist is needed. Based on all the examinations and tests, the pulmonary specialist can diagnose asthma in an adult.

. In order to establish a diagnosis, the specialist gives a direction for pikflometry and spirometry( a hardware examination), for a blood test for the presence of eosinophils in the blood.

A peak flow meter is an apparatus for determining the rate of ultimate expiration. It determines the speed of air release from the respiratory system after a deep inspiration.

peak flow meter This device can also be used to check your airways at home. To know more precisely the state of the bronchi, it is better to use a spirometer.

How to diagnose asthma at home

Of course, it is difficult to accurately diagnose asthma at home, but suspicions of it can arise, because seizures are not isolated, but regular. At such suspicions it is necessary to address to the doctor. And the sooner the expert establishes the correct diagnosis and prescribes treatment, the easier it will be to have seizures, it is almost impossible to get rid of such an ailment, but to minimize the seizures is quite realistic.

Causes of asthma in an adult

There are many reasons for the occurrence of asthma. Some reasons simply support a background condition of inflammation or allergic processes, and some factors can directly lead to an asthmatic attack.

Reasons for

1. Heredity. If one of the parents is ill with this disease, then there is a possibility that their babies may develop asthmatic disease. People who suffer from asthma tend to inherit it.
   

   Asthma is inherited

2. Factors caused by professional activity.
   

   Occupational asthma

3. Infectious diseases.
   

   The cause of asthma can be infectious diseases

4. Ecological environment. Residents of cities are more susceptible to asthma than residents of villages and villages.
   

   Residents of large cities are more likely to suffer from asthma.

5. Frequent smoking. With the constant tightening of the tobacco smoke, the inflammatory process of the bronchial mucosa occurs, therefore, in the main, every person who smokes has chronic bronchitis in his history, and in some, chronic bronchitis passes into asthmatic attacks, and bronchial asthma appears.
   

   Smoking can cause asthma

6. Dust. Scientists in many studies can accurately say that room dust can become a provocateur for bronchial asthma. Because domestic dust is a very good environment for the breeding of dust mites. Also, it contains many allergens, chemical mixtures and wool. Street dust can also cause seizures of bronchial asthma, but only when there are allergens in it. When the dust enters the respiratory tract, it begins to release allergens and cause inflammation of the mucous membranes of the bronchi, thereby provoking an asthma attack.
   

   Indoor dust - one of the causes of asthma

7. . Medicines. Bronchial asthma can provoke some medications, for example, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Attacks of bronchial asthma occur only when taking such drugs.
   

   Asthma may cause non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

Asthma differs from bronchitis

Differential diagnosis between bronchitis and bronchial asthma sometimes deceives even the most experienced specialists.

What is the difference between chronic bronchitis and bronchial asthma?

Symptoms of the disease	Chronic bronchitis	Bronchial asthma
Course of the disease	The disease develops stably, with periodic exacerbations, which are followed by remission. Exacerbation is from 2 to 3 weeks. When the seizures stopped, there is still a residual cough.	Coughing attacks that occur with different duration. With coughing attacks, the state of human health deteriorates sharply. After relief of paroxysmal cough, the condition stabilizes.
Reasons for the emergence of	Viruses and bacteria that have entered the body, freezing in cold weather.	Bronchospasmic attacks occur when any of the allergens get into the respiratory mucosa. Attacks can occur at night or if there is a strong overvoltage.
Shortness of breath	Appearance of dyspnea occurs only in the acute phase or with prolonged obstructive bronchitis.	Shortness of breath accompanies coughing attacks.
Cough	Symptom is typical for any course of the disease, permanent, only changes in the course of recovery from dry to wet.	Cough for this disease is always dry.
Sputum	May be green-yellow in color, with pus. Leaves in considerable amounts.	Color is transparent-slimy, in small amounts.
Body temperature	May occasionally increase depending on the severity of the course of the disease.	Body temperature remains normal.

The difference between bronchial asthma and chronic bronchitis can be traced only at the first stages of the disease. But if the disease in both cases is protracted and there was a bronchial obstruction, the principle of determining which disease is irrelevant. The treatment of chronic obstructive cough in both cases is identical.

The process of treatment of

In our time, there are many drugs that stop seizures.

The doctor selects drugs depending on the background of the disease. When asthma is prescribed anti-inflammatory drugs that help to eliminate the inflammatory process. In order to expand the bronchi, prescribe bronchodilators short or prolonged exposure.

Often resort to the help of hormonal inhalation drugs. For inhalations, a nebulizer is used, which injects a drug with an ultrasonic frequency, while small particles penetrate into the most affected places in the bronchi.

Traditional methods of treatment are also applied, but such treatment should not be in place of a drug. In complex therapy and with the approval of a doctor, treatment can be diluted in folk ways.

Asthma prevention in adults

As such, there is no prophylaxis of bronchial asthma, but there are some recommendations that will help prevent an asthmatic attack.

1. At home it is necessary to install an air conditioner with special filters.
2. Install an air humidifier that can automatically monitor the humidity in the room.
3. Regularly conduct a wet cleaning of the room, wipe the dust.
4. Remove possible allergens from the premises, and on the street it is desirable not to contact them.
5. During the winter period, when going out into the street, cover the airways with a scarf.
6. Do an easy exercise every day.
7. Regularly visit a doctor, follow the schedule of vaccinations.
8. Pass the necessary course of treatment with accompanying diseases.

Observing these rules, it will be possible to prevent the appearance of the disease.

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