Asthma: statistics and definitions
Posted on July 23, 2008
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Statistics from the Asthma
For twenty years, the number of allergies and asthma is rising in France but also across the world.
Asthma affects France over 3 million people, of whom one third are aged less than fifteen years.
8% of adults and 6 to 10% of children with asthma 10 to 18% of adolescents with asthma 1500 people, including more than a third are teenagers, still die of asthma in France despite very effective treatments.Asthma is responsible for 600 000 days in hospital
Asthma cost 1 billion euros in spending on health.
Barely one third of asthma, or approximately one million patients only after treatment and 40% of them take it correctly.
Asthma is a common cause of school absenteeism A future asthma was born in France every ten minutes Asthma is the chronic disease most common in children 6 to 8 people die each day of a severe asthma attack.
The results of the study AIRE ** (Asthma Insight and Reality in Europe), the largest study ever conducted on asthma in Europe, has set out clearly that only 5% of asthma in Europe would be treated according to international recommendations in force.
The typical asthma attack
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways, which involves several processes:
A hyper-responsiveness of bronchial
A local inflammation and thickening of the bronchial walls accompany the formation of mucus.
A reduction in the diameter of the bronchi, called bronchoconstriction.
During an asthma attack typical bronchial constrict, who develop swelling diminishes their diametre.Elles s’obstruent and restrict airflow.
This inflammation of the bronchi prevents the passage of air and causing the manifestations of asthma attack.
The discomfort felt during the demonstrations is caused by the difficulty of the passage of air into the airways.
The bronchial inflammation continues even in the absence of events, which may induce asthma to interrupt their treatment.
The inflamamtion chronic causes a remodeling bronchial asthma aggravating the disease if no treatment of substance is introduced.
The asthmatic experiencing difficulties to inspire and exhale the air from his lungs.
A cough and a hiss characteristic accompany this embarrassment.
The other manifestations of asthma, less typical and delaying the diagnosis of disease.
The diagnosis of an asthma attack and typical characteristic is fairly simple to make.
A large majority of asthmatics are no crises of this kind sibilants and live years with asthma evolving slowly but surely.
Many people are embarrassed for years by events less impressive without the diagnosis is made.
Episodes of dry cough evolving for several weeks or months or years, occurring most often in the evening, during the night when the effort may also be signs of asthma.
Episodes of repeated bronchitis may also be evidence of an asthma
A shortness of breath, the sensation seeking his breath are elements that can raise the disease asthma.
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