Knowing More about Allergy Induced Asthma

Now, most people know that asthma is a disease that affects the lower respiratory system, but what is allergy induced asthma? For those of you who do not know, asthma is caused by the narrowing of the airways. This narrowing is irreversible and starts in the bronchi and ends up as inflammation in the lungs. This start to make it hard for the person to breath, but unlike emphysema, asthma can be controlled and your can live with it, as long as you keep taking your medication, even allergy induced asthma.

With emphysema you will find that the narrowing or the airway is a tad reversible, the only problem is that it will keep on getting worse, to the point where the patient suffering from it will no longer be able to breathe on his or her own.  You will find that both asthma and emphysema are treatment with steroid, although there are alternatives that you can research and speak to your doctor about it.

Now, if you have an allergy, you will find that you are at great risk of contracting asthma. There are a number of cases where people, with mere allergies, were diagnoses with asthma. We are going to go into a bit more detail about allergy induced asthma in a the next few paragraphs. What you need to know before we do is that you need to speak to your doctor about things that can prevent this from happening.

Allergy induced asthma is what the name suggests. It is asthma that has been brought on by an allergy the patient may have had or maybe even exercise. When you are allergic to something or have a common cold, you will find that your body will produce what is called a histamine. This is a natural substance that occurs when you body is trying to get rid of something. The only problem is that the histamine causes inflammation in your body, which is why; when you have an allergic reaction to something you will get an antihistamine.

What you need to know is that this type of asthma is not permanent, well in most cases it is not. because of the histamine being produced in your body your airway will swell, or become inflamed and you will become short of breath, this then is diagnosed as allergy asthma. This is not the same as traditional asthma, because you will only suffer from an attack when you have an allergic reaction to something, most of the time pollen.

You will also find that the diagnoses for any type of asthma will different from patient to patient, and most of the time it depends on the age of the patient in question.

If you want to learn more about the allergy induced asthma that we have spoken of in the above article, you should visit your doctor and find out more from him or her. They will be able to give you all the information you need, otherwise you will find quite a few articles online on the subject at hand.