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Medindia » International Health Days » World Asthma Day 2013

World Asthma Day 2013

by Dr. Simi Paknikar on May 06, 2013

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World Asthma Day 2013

Asthma is a common respiratory disease today, partly due to increase in urbanization and air pollution. According to the WHO, around 235 million people all over the world including children suffer from this chronic respiratory condition, which is characterized by recurrent attacks of breathlessness and wheezing to varying extents. The World Asthma Day is celebrated every year on the first Tuesday of May since 1998 to improve asthma awareness and care of asthma patients.

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Asthma

Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in the world. Perhaps the most commonly discussed respiratory disease after the common cold. The attack can be seasonal when the pollen count is high in the atmosphere. An attack of asthma leads to breathing difficulties and the attack can be acute when it lasts for a short period or chronic when it lasts for days. The attack can also be mild or severe and a life threatening one.

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Childhood Asthma

The word asthma is derived from a Greek work meaning 'breathlessness or panting" both of which accurately describe an attack of asthma. Asthma is a condition that affects airways the small tubes that carry air in and out of the lungs. In children with asthma, airways are swollen and inflamed. When these inflamed airways come into contact with an asthma trigger, symptoms of asthma appear.

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Yoga and Asthma

Yoga is an ancient Hindu discipline that uses postures and breathing techniques to increase the lung's airflow, air capacity, stamina and reduces stress. The Benefits of yoga, or any other relaxation techniques, are additional to the benefits of conventional drug treatment, and it is vital that patients continue to take their prescribed medication. Yoga helps one to stay calm during an asthma attack.

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Know Your Respiratory System

Human beings like other land animals breathe though their nostrils in noses and with the help of lungs. A pair of lungs are located in the airtight thoracic cavity that is bounded by a convex muscular and elastic sheet called diaphragm. Functionally, the lungs are elastic bags resembling rubber balloons. In normal breathing, through the nose, air travels through the nasal passages that are lined with ciliated mucous epithelium.

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