Different Types Of Asthma
Asthma
There are many different types of asthma. Some of them are related to when it started — for instance, childhood versus adulthood. Others are related to the times of the day that it’s worse, so you might hear about nocturnal asthma or nighttime asthma.
Common And Uncommon Asthma
Can you recognize the many common — and uncommon — symptoms of asthma? Without a good understanding of the different asthma symptoms and the various types of asthma, it’s difficult to treat this condition with medications and breathe easier. Learn more and prevent asthma attacks.
Exercise-Induced Asthma
Exercise-induced asthma is a type of asthma triggered exercise or physical exertion. Many people with asthma experience some degree of symptoms with exercise.
Child-onset asthma: When asthma does begin in childhood, it often does so in a child who is likely, for genetic reasons, to become sensitized to common “allergens” in the environment (atopic person).
Cough-Variant Asthma
In the type of asthma called cough-variant asthma, severe coughing with asthma is the predominant symptom. There can be other causes of cough such as postnasal drip, chronic rhinitis, sinusitis, or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD or heartburn). Coughing because of sinusitis with asthma is common.
Intrinsic Asthma
Intrinsic asthma is not allergy-related, in fact it is caused by anything except an allergy. It may be caused by inhalation of chemicals such as cigarette smoke or cleaning agents, taking aspirin, a chest infection, stress, laughter, exercise, cold air, food preservatives or a myriad of other factors.
Adult Or Late-Onset Asthma
Asthma can start at any age, although it occurs more often in women, mostly middle-aged, and frequently follows a respiratory tract infection. Some people have symptoms during childhood, which then disappear in later life. Others develop late-onset asthma in adulthood without ever having had symptoms as a child.
Myths About Asthma
Before we present the typical symptoms of asthma, we should dispel some common myths about this condition.
