What are the primary causes of asthma?
Posted by HCA on Monday, 29 November 2010 - 3:21 pm - Filled under Asthma
The cause of asthma isn’t known precisely, many suppositions have been made, but none was unanimously accepted. But we know that a mixture of factors play a role in the appearance of this disease. Genetic factors or heredity are recognized by all medical institutions that study asthma, since it is well known that a child with asthmatic parents or relatives has an increased chance of getting the illness too.
The environmental factor also must be mentioned as a cause of asthma, as more people have an overprotective way of raising the children so that they are not exposed to any environmental changes at all, even if they are perfectly healthy. In many cases such precautions leave the child unarmed against external aggression for which defenses would have been naturally stimulated. Many parents don’t understand that an inoffensive flue can trigger an allergic reaction from the child’s immune system.
Frequent use of antibiotics at the first sign of illness in combination with a poor immune system may evolve to bringing further allergy and even be the cause of asthma. Then we could also mention unhealthy habits with young children. Scientists believe that lack of physical activity in open air can slow the functioning of the immune system and expose the child to the risk of getting asthma.
Another cause of asthma is poor quality diet, including all the processed food we tuck in because we don’t find the time to cook a healthy meal. The increased amount of fat in the food, the lack of fish oil and other vital elements from our diet makes the human body more susceptible to sickness. The work place with its specific conditions may be a cause of asthma; there is exposure to dust and all kinds of irritants that favor the apparition of respiratory illnesses.
If we have a look over statistical data we find out that asthma cases have increased all over the world, the most affected places being the highly industrialized cities where one out of ten children suffer from asthma symptoms. Consequently we can’t skip pollution as a cause of asthma, by the great density of harmful gases present in the atmosphere that act as allergens responsible for the attacks specific to the disease.
Allergens vary a lot as they can be natural particles like pollen, animal hair, dust, cold air or various chemicals from detergents or smug to any other toxic substance. The hardest part with allergens is that you don’t know which one irritates you until it happens several times, so try making a sort of diary where you should note what you ate, smelt or touched every day. After each crisis take a look to your notes and see what the cause of asthma may be under the circumstances.
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