Adult Asthma

When asthma symptoms appear in adults older than 20, it is typically known as adult asthma. Asthma is a lung condition that causes a person to have difficulty in breathing. Asthma affects a person's bronchial tubes, also known as airways. Asthma is more common in women than in men. Adults asthma generally fall into three different categories.This categorization is based on agewise.Tose who had the asthma since childhood; became asymptomatic, at the age of their 40- 45 suddenly they experienced a recurrence. It is very difficult to manage if adult have recurrence of asthma,and third type is related to occupation.

Who will suffer from Adult Asthma ?

1. People who have with allergies related problems.
2. People who have certain viruses or illnesses, such as a cold or flu.
3. Women who take estrogen following menopause for 10 years or longer & facing problem related to harmon al changes.
4. People who have environmental irritants like tobacco smoke, mold, dust, feather of birds ,perfume etc.

Symptoms of adult asthma:

Asthma symptoms can appear at any time in life.

• Difficulty while breathing is a major source of distress in adult patients
• Adult may feel irritants such as cigarette smoke, cold air, chemical
• Adult founds feeling of cough ness in chest in the night time.
• Asthmatic people may feel Sweating in winter season also. Many times this people having problem of increasing Rapid heart rate.

How Adult Asthma is different than other?

Adults have lower lung capacity (the volume of air you are able to take in forcibly exhale in one second). After middle age because of changes in muscles and stiffening of chest walls. This decreased capacity may cause doctors to miss the diagnosis of adult-onset asthma.