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The most common symptoms of asthma are whistling, squealing, and wheezing sound when you breathe. Additional symptoms are:
Every patient has a different type of asthma and is determined by the symptoms they experience. If you notice the above-mentioned symptoms, then without any delay you need to consult the doctor. The first symptom is not an asthma attack.
One of the most prevalent types is bronchial asthma which affects the bronchi present in the lungs. Apart from that, there is adult-onset asthma and childhood asthma. In the case of adults, the symptoms are noticed when they turn 20. Some of the additional types are mentioned below:
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If you think, one test can determine whether you have asthma or not, then it is not possible. The given below information will help to diagnose asthma:
The breathing test is performed on children who are under the age of 5 because it won’t be easy to get an accurate amount of reading. The doctor suggests the medications to children with asthma and sees whether the symptoms improve or not.
Be it, adult or a child, if the symptoms improve with medications then the doctor will continue to give those.
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Still, no proper cause has been identified for asthma and it is believed that breathing conditions can trigger due to different factors. Some of them which it can include are:
Depending on your condition, the doctor will determine the right treatment plan for you. The treatment is based on:
When the asthma symptoms start getting worse it is referred to as exacerbation of asthma attack. Medications can help to manage the symptoms. It can be noted down through the given symptoms:
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma are often thought of as similar conditions. Symptoms might be similar, but both of them are extremely different.
There are certain conditions which trigger asthma and it includes:
As we have already mentioned, the exact reason is still not known as to what causes asthma. Although, there is information on preventing asthma and it includes: