How To Manage Asthma Effectively

Dr. Kavita Chowdhary talks about childhood asthma and shares tips on how to stay healthy  Some children with asthma appear to shake off their condition in their teenage years. But there’s a 50 per cent chance of asthma making a re-appearance once they hit their 30s. Boys are at greater risk than girls. The reason behind this is still unclear.  However, asthma is a chronic condition. Once a person's airways become sensitive in asthma they remain that way for life.…

is a long-term (chronic) lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways. The airways are tubes (bronchial) that carry air in and out of the lungs. For people with asthma, the airways are sensitive and react to various substances. If they react, the airways become inflamed and narrow, so less air reaches the lungs.  Around 200 to 250 million people are affected worldwide and nearly 250,000 people die per year from asthma. In Asia the rate of asthma is lower when…

Dubai-resident Indu, 48, tells us how she managed her asthma and is now medication-free. When were you diagnosed with asthma?  I was first diagnosed when I was around 11-years of age. Then, for the second time around age 44. Until it resurfaced, I had nearly forgotten I had asthma as a kid. I understand that it is common for it to go away around age 12 and sometimes resurface after one crosses 40 years of age.  Find out more on recurrence of childhood…