Asthma Effect On The Airway

Asthma is a condition that impact’s one’s ability to breath easily. Specifically, asthma effects the airways. A normal airway provides a large passage for air to travel into the lungs. Someone suffering from asthma has sensitive airways that, when irritated by particles in the air, become inflamed, narrowing the airway significantly and make it difficult for air to get to the lungs comfortably. Most often, asthma is a result of dust, tobacco, pollen, household cleaning supplies, and other active chemicals in the air that irritate the airways; however, stress can also cause asthma attacks due to an increased breathing pace and, consequently, an increase in air, and particle, intake ("Asthma UK,” 2015). Today, close to 300 million individuals,
The range of symptoms includes mild to sever, coughing, wheezing, chest tightness and asthma attacks (Plaut & Jones, 1999). Although all are signs of asthma, the level of symptom severity is unique to each patient. Patients can also experience seasonal asthma which only appears at certain times of the year. Those with persistent asthma experience continual attacks, limited physical and everyday activity, and frequent exacerbations, especially at night (Plaut & Jones, 1999). Asthma can also start off as mild upon diagnosis and progress depending on
Delayed effects of the medication can often lead to non-adherence. Naturally, patients are more attracted to a medication that will provide immediate results. Therefor, delayed improvement from asthma medication can cause the patient to give up hope, and view their treatment as useless, resulting in non-adherence. Dr. Bruce G. Bender also mentions, in an article focused on non-adherence in asthma patients, “controller medication, on the other hand, often requires long-term use to substantially reduce and prevent the occurrence of asthma symptomatology. when patients take a controller medication and their symptoms cease, they may believe that they no longer need to continue treatment.” (Bender,