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Top Facts on Asthma

What is Asthma?

Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease in which airways narrow, swell and produce extra mucus. It makes breathing difficult, triggers coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath.

For some people, asthma is just a minor irritation of the airway, but for others, it can be a major problem and may lead to a life-threatening asthma attack. asthma cannot be cured, but its symptoms can be controlled (1 Trusted Source
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Asthma Facts

Statistics on Asthma

  1. An estimated 262 million people worldwide suffer from asthma, with 455,000 deaths credited to the disease every year (2 Trusted Source
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  2. The number of people with asthma could increase by more than 100 million by the year 2025 (3 Trusted Source
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  3. An estimated 25.9 million people in the United States, including almost 7.1 million children, suffer from asthma. It is the third-ranking cause of hospitalisation among children under 15 in the United States (4 Trusted Source
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Occupational Asthma

  1. Occupational asthma due to unhealthy workplace conditions significantly contributes to the total number of asthma cases (5 Trusted Source
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Causes of Asthma

  1. Common causes of asthma are indoor allergens, outdoor allergens, tobacco smoke, chemical irritants and air pollution. (6 Trusted Source
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Disease Frequency of Asthma

  1. The disease frequency of asthma varies widely in different countries, but the inconsistency is narrowing due to the increasing disease frequency in low and middle-income countries and plateauing of the disease in high-income countries (7 Trusted Source
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  2. Most asthmatics also suffer from allergies.
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Asthma by Age Group

  1. Asthma occurs more in boys than girls in the 0-14 year age group in Australia .
  2. Asthma occurs more in females than males in the 15 years and over age group in Australia (8 Trusted Source
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Medications for Asthma

  1. Most effective medications for controlling asthma are anti-inflammatory drugs  like inhaled corticosteroid  and bronchodilators (9 Trusted Source
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Last Updated on Jul 03, 2023
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