Asthma

Asthma is a lung disease that one of the most common chronic disease worldwide. Asthma patient keep increasing each year and mostly among children. During WHO, asthma costs more than HIV and tuberculosis combined.*

Asthma has caused 4,000 death in USA each year, and there are 300 million people diagnosed with asthma worldwide. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways in which many cells and cellular elements play a role.



Chronic inflammation causes an associated increase in airway hyper-responsiveness that leads to recurrent episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing, particularly at night or in the early morning. These episodes are usually associated with widespread but variable airflow obstruction that is often reversible either spontaneously or with treatment.

Asthma can be prevented by avoiding triggering factors such as allergens or rapid temperature changes.

*WHO, Bronchial Asthma Fact Sheet 2000

Main Article: Disease of the Lung