Asthma is so common that if you happen to not have it, you know somebody that suffers form it. If you do not understand what it fully is you do know what the symptoms are.

Asthma is a respiratory condition where the small airways in the lungs tighten up, and it makes a person having an attack difficult to breathe. The amount of time that this lasts for depends on how serious the condition is and how tight the airway axially is.

Just about any one of any age can suffer from asthma but it is common to first appear when they are a child. Some lucky asthma suffers happen to outgrow this conditionAlso there are some asthma suffers who will live with the condition for the rest of their lives.

People who have no other asthma suffers in their family can acquire asthma. This is something that is commonly misunderstood about asthma.

Some Asthma symptoms that are are coughing, wheezing, tightness of the chest, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing. Symptoms do vary form person to person.

There are levels to an asthma attack from mild, moderate, and severe.

For somebody that had mild asthma they have attacks when they have an upper respiratory infection. The rest of the other times they have no symptoms at all. My profile page.

Some moderate asthma sufferers can have some symptoms from time to time. It could be worse in the early morning or late in the night, when they have a cold, or have a lot of stress in their lives.

Asthma suffers that have severe asthma usually have asthma symptoms every single day. They find it hard to even talk to people at times, impossible to have any activity physically at all. Also they are in the hospital a lot due to the severity of their asthma.