One
can get Asthma at any age
New Delhi: Saturday, 22 December
2012: One can get Asthma at any age said Padma
Shri & Dr. B.C. Roy National Awardee, Dr.
KK Aggarwal, President, Heart Care Foundation of India. Asthma disturbs the
regular life of asthmatic patients due to difficulty in breathing.
Asthma
for a person might be due to many factors. Some of the risk factors of asthma
can be controlled and some cannot. To prevent Asthma one should control the
trigger factors or limit the controllable risk factors such as exposure to
tobacco smoke, mold spores, dust mites, perfume, feather buds, pet dander,
pollen, cockroaches etc.
The
occupational triggers include chemicals, environmental irritants such as fumes,
cold air etc. Non-controllable risk factors are family history, low birth
weight, obesity and gastro esophageal reflux disease (GERD).
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