Why Is Asthma Important

Asthma and Associated Factors
Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease that is continuing to affect people world-wide. It is described by an inflammation in the airways of the lungs, caused by an irritant that triggers a release of histamines and leukotrienes in a person. Histamines and leukotrienes cause smooth muscle to constrict and mucus to be produced. In a person without asthma, airways are not inflamed or blocked and breathing is normal. In a person with asthma, the airways of the lungs are inflamed and blocked by mucus, which prevents normal breathing. They may experience symptoms or asthma attacks that include wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and overall difficulty when breathing.
There are multiple factors that influence if a person will develop the disease and the extent to which they will. Thorough research has been done on the hypothesis that a person’s social and physical environment can strongly impact their likelihood of having asthma. According to Carlos Nunes,
This is because a social environment may influence the physical environment a person lives in. For example, if a person is living in a poorer urban area, they are more likely to be exposed to air pollutants like tobacco smoke, smog, dust, and mold. Each influence can affect asthma, but it is common to see these influences working together to increase its intensity and cases. Between the two influences, social and physical environment, it would be easier for a person to change their physical environment. Although they do not have control over where they are living and the air they are breathing, they could make adjustments to their homes and lives to avoid tobacco smoke and other triggers like dust and mold. They could choose to not smoke, to stay away from smokers, and to replace household items that harbor mold and dust. This would be relatively easier than moving to a new place to access better healthcare and