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What is Asthma?

Bronchial Asthma or asthma, in short, is a widespread, serious respiratory disease. This condition is a chronic, long-lasting disease that can occur at any age. It affects five percent of adults and ten percent of children worldwide. In contrast to children, where asthma symptoms are usually allergic and not permanent, 30 to 50 percent of adults endure bronchial asthma as a chronic, inflammatory disease of the respiratory tract and not as an allergy. In both cases, asthma patients suffer from unpleasant, dangerous shortness of breath.

This respiratory tract disease cannot be cured. However, the symptoms of asthma can be alleviated and controlled through medication. There are two different types of asthma, namely allergic and chronic. At Apomeds, you can order an online follow-up prescription for the most effective products that combat the symptoms of asthma!

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Allergic Asthma

In the case of allergic asthma, the immune system reacts excessively and fiercely to external stimuli. Also, you may experience strong reactions to allergy-inducing substances in the environment, the so-called allergens, like pollen, house dust mites, and animal hair or mold spores. The immune systems of healthy people who do not suffer from asthma do not respond to these harmless substances. However, the body of a person with allergic asthma reacts with extreme resistance to these allergens, the respiratory muscles cramp and breathing is severely impeded. An allergy to pollen is also referred to as a seasonal allergy, since symptoms usually only occur in certain seasons, mainly during spring and summer.

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Chronic Asthma

Unfortunately, bronchial asthma is not seasonal and there is no cure for this disease. In people with chronic asthma, the bronchial system is permanently inflamed, over-excited, sensitive, and in constant readiness to defend itself from various external factors. Just like in the case of allergic asthma, the bronchi and bronchioles of an asthmatic are hypersensitive to harmless external stimuli and influences (allergens, smoke, or dust) and react with an extreme defense response of the respiratory tract. During an asthma attack, your lower respiratory tract narrows, the mucous membranes in the bronchial walls swell and a lot of persistent mucus develops, which you can only cough up with difficulty.

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Asthma Symptoms – Asthma Attack

As a result of an acute narrowing of the lower respiratory tract, the main symptoms of bronchial asthma include

• Sudden shortness of breath, which often occurs at night or early in the morning.
• Exhalation is particularly difficult and is accompanied by whistling breath sounds, the so-called gumming.
• Coughing and coughing-fits
• Strong wheezing when breathing,
• Difficulties speaking
• Tightness in the chest

Other signs of bronchial asthma include pain behind the breastbone, difficulty breathing out and a dry cough. Such characteristic asthma symptoms often occur even after physical exertion. However, an asthma attack that leads to acute respiratory obstruction and shortness of breath can occur at any time. In most cases, the shortness of breath and difficulty breathing quickly leads to anxiety, nausea and panic attacks. Still, the intensity and frequency of the seizures vary from person to person.

The symptoms of bronchitis, bronchial carcinoma, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are similar to those of asthma, but asthma persists throughout life.

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Asthma Inhaler

There are three types of asthma sprays that use different mechanisms to release the drug. These are:

• Dosage inhalers (MDIs)
• MDIs with a spacer that gives more time to inhale the drug
• Dry powder inhalers

The most widely used asthma products are the brown inhaler (prevention) and the blue spray (for asthma attacks and/or prevention).

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Asthma Sprays at Apomeds

Apomed has the following asthma sprays in its assortment:

• Salbutamol
• Ventolin
• Atrovent
• Pulmicort

If you already use an asthma spray, you can order an online follow-up prescription at Apomeds. We will have the product delivered directly to your home, along with the prescription, within 48 hours!

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More information

• Asthma.co.uk
• Asthma attacks are increasing