Asthma Severity

The intensity and duration of the asthma attacks in each patient are different from each other, though one attack can actually determine the complete severity of the allergy on the whole. According to experts there are four categories of asthma attacks according to severity and each possesses special characteristics, needless to say, the treatment given to each of these attacks is also different.

1) An asthma attack which occurs infrequently without any sort of anticipation can be called a mild asthma attack; usually many people suffer from this sort of asthma. Many of these symptoms occur due to seasonal changes, breathlessness and wheezing can be experienced a couple of times a month. Factors like exercise can also trigger these attacks big time but these attacks are usually placid and the symptoms are only present when the actual attack happens and not all the time. These asthma attacks can actually be easily relieved with the use of a bronchodilator, but care must be taken to use it only when the symptoms are actually present and should not be used as a necessity.

2) While the mild asthma occurs only once a month or so, moderate asthma can occur pretty frequently, like twice a month. The asthma symptoms such as wheezing and coughing are present all the time and get worse at night. Many people have found exercising to be one of the common triggers of this sort of an asthma attack. A moderate attack can be dealt with through medical help and proper treatment is not required a lot to overcome complications and other problems usually.

3) This is one category that you don't want to be facing ever, severe asthma, the worst type of asthma plaguing people usually. Many people who are diagnosed with severe asthma are the ones who more or less suffer from nonstop symptoms of asthma and have frequent attacks haunting them as well. The frequency of these attacks basically decides the level of asthma that the person is at. The lifestyle of these patients depends upon the frequency of the attacks that they are facing and sometimes they even have to make changes in their lifestyle in order to accommodate their attacks. The overall activities of people diagnosed with are affected and there are some activities that they cannot do or engage in due to their medical condition. It is also common for people who are diagnosed with this type to experience sleep disturbances. These patients can also face sleep disturbances due to difficulty in breathing. Many people suffering from severe asthma are usually hospitalized to fully overcome the attacks and also they need careful monitoring while they have these attacks to overcome the severity. These attacks can be triggered by exercise, common allergens, and cold air and many people believe that the best way to deal with these attacks is basically hospitalization.

4) The severest form of asthma is maybe the Brittle asthma which is said to be a very rare medical condition. This is actually very erratic and its severity can be fatal as well!

So in order to fully control and ease asthma severity all sorts of medication is available but you can use bronchodilators, nebulizers and steroid tablets as well for best results possible.