On Tuesday, May 7, World Astma Fighting Day is celebrated. The World Health Organization (WHO) organizes various events called “World Astma Day” to increase awareness of this disease.
annually from asthma, one of the most common non -infectious chronic respiratory diseases around the world, more than 450 thousand people in the world die, Anadola reports with reference to WHO data. Currently, about 350 million people suffer from asthma.
The main condition for reducing mortality caused by asthma is to ensure access to medical care. Most deaths due to this disease occur in countries with low and average income.
taking into account the population, asthma is most common in the USA and Australia, as well as in some countries of Western Europe and Latin America.
Mortality from this disease is mainly recorded in countries such as Myanmar, Kiribati, Laos, Sri Lanka, New Guinea, Mali and Lesotho.
, in the framework of the study in Turkey conducted in 2017, it was revealed that doctors have ever diagnosed asthma in 6.9 percent of adults in the country aged 15 years and older.
– The main symptoms are shortness of breath, wheezing and coughing when breathing
Astma is known as a chronic lung disease that occurs as a result of inflammation and narrowing of small respiratory tract in the lungs, cough, wheezing, shortness of breath and constraint in the chest.
This disease is manifested by such symptoms as shortness of breath, wheezing or whistling sounds during breathing, a feeling of pressure in the chest and cough, which are most often repeated and are paroxysmal.
inhalation of substances and particles that can cause allergic reactions or irritate the respiratory tract, is an important risk factor for the development of asthma.
There are many factors provoking asthma. The most common are cold air, tobacco smoke, allergies to pollen, fur or feathers of animals, viral infections.
Also, such negative emotions as fear, anger, excitement, cold air can affect the development of asthma.
World Asthma Day Day is an annual event that is held on the first Tuesday of May under the auspices of the Global Initiative for Asthma, Gina) and with the support of the World Health Organization (WHO). Was initiated in 1993.
The main goal of this event is to attract public attention to the problem of increasing the incidence of asthma, improving the quality of assistance to asthmatics and awareness of people about this disease.