These pictures illustrate what happens when one gets an asthma attack.  Most asthma pictures emphasize on what has been written about the condition.  The pictures are usually of a respiratory system of a person.  Arrows illustrate what happens during an attack.  During an asthma attack the air ways which carry air in and out of the lungs swell.  This makes air movement through them a difficult task.  An attack happens when a trigger irritates the airways.  Once this happens, asthma symptoms are felt.  These include coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath and tightness in the chest cavity.

A trigger can vary in different asthma patient.  These can be animals, pollen, hormones, exercise, sex, molds, fungi, emotions, medicines, house dust mites, colds, viral infections and smoking.  Weather conditions can also trigger an attack.  Asthma pictures illustrate the changes that take place when one comes into contact with an asthma trigger. 

In most cases, the airways swell.  When one has an attack, medications should be taken to relieve the symptoms. When taken, immediately, the air ways start relaxing and getting back to normal. Air starts to move smoothly through them.  All these changes will be seen in asthma pictures.

The pictures are a great way to learn about the condition.  This is especially to people who have reading problems.  Pictures of asthma respiratory systems can be hang on walls of asthma health centers, asthma foundations, seminars and clinics. This way, people can be able to learn about the condition at a glance.  The pictures can also have written information at the sides.

Mercy Maranga

Asthma is a condition what affects the airways. The airways are small tubes that carry air in and out of the lungs. The symptoms of asthma are coughing, wheezing shortness of breath, and lightness of the chest. Asthma attack is triggered by smoking, air pollutants, colds and viral infections. The causes are family history of asthma, eczema or allergies, environmental pollution and smoking while one is pregnant.

An asthma attack comes when one is exposed to certain conditions that affect the lungs like when one is smoking or exposed to bad weather that do not favorable to the body like cold.

Polluted air, pollen, exercise or even sex that tends to exert pressure that is not normal because of a lot of energy being used. This causes the patient to fall short of breath. In the case of such asthma attacks one is able to use the various medications that are available to control them. These include inhalers such as relievers and preventers.

There are also therapies that are vital to manage this condition. Steroid tablets are used to base the condition. Different treatment measures are adhered to in certain conditions.

When one gets an asthma attack, the most important thing to do is to lessen the clothes of the person. You sit them up and do not lay them and let them use an inhaler.  If there is no inhaler available, expose the patient to fresh air. Once the patient is able to breath without difficulty, and is free from the attack, make sure that you contact the doctor immediately.

Mercy Maranga