But it's not uncommon for people to develop asthma at any age. More and more people are getting asthma. A recent study found one in eight households in Washington state had at least one asthmatic child. Doctors generally try to open two fronts in the war on asthma. They seek to treat the symptoms, so the patients can breath easier.
Inhaled medicines are a common way of relieving symptoms.
Bronchodialators cause the muscle in the airway to relax, and relieve airflow obstruction. The frequency of your symptoms is related to the underlying inflammation. Treating that is the way to make this all better. A new class of anti-inflammatories being used right now is leukotriene blockers. The reason they are effective is that they block part of the chain reaction that leads to the inflammation that leads to the asthma.