What are the symptoms of asthma in women?

Speaking of asthma, I believe everyone is familiar with it, because it is relatively common in daily life. It not only has a high incidence and prevalence rate, but also seriously endangers people's health. Every year, as many as 180,000 people die from asthma. In recent years, with the pressure of life and the influence of the environment, the proportion of female friends suffering from asthma has also shown an upward trend. This disease has caused great harm to the body and mind. Let's talk about the symptoms of female asthma.

Symptoms of asthma in women:

1. Panting

Most asthma patients have typical recurrent wheezing episodes, accompanied by widespread and high-pitched wheezing. Symptoms often appear within minutes, last for minutes or days, and then resolve on their own or after drug treatment. Some patients may have another attack several hours after relief, and occasionally critically ill patients in the acute attack period die. But severe attacks can also be fatal. Asthma attacks have obvious seasonality, with a higher incidence in spring and autumn, and are characterized by attacks or exacerbations at night or in the early morning.

2. Cough

Cough is often the main experience of asthma patients and one of the reasons for seeking medical treatment. Coughing itself is a defense mechanism that helps the body clear foreign matter and secretions from the airways. Asthma cough is an irritating dry cough or coughing up white foamy sputum. Asthma is the first cause of cough in children, the second cause of cough in adults, and the third cause of cough in the elderly.

3. Chest tightness

Patients often feel a sense of oppression, suffocation, and difficulty breathing. When an asthma attack occurs, the patient often feels that he has inhaled enough air but cannot exhale, so he involuntarily purses his lips and breathes like a fish. Chest tightness may occur with wheezing or alone.

Bronchial asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways involving multiple cells and cellular components. The formation of this chronic inflammation has two characteristics. The first characteristic is the high responsiveness of the airways, which are very sensitive to external stimuli including cold air, oil smoke and allergens; the second characteristic is that it can form extensive and variable reversible airflow limitation, leading to recurrent symptoms of wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness and coughing, which often occur and worsen at night and early morning. Since the airway is reversible, most patients can be relieved on their own or through treatment.

The main causes of the disease are genetic factors, allergens and some precipitating factors. Allergens include indoor and outdoor allergens, occupational allergens, drugs and food additives; triggering factors include air pollution, smoking, respiratory virus infection, pregnancy, strenuous exercise, climate change, etc.