Weather conditions, especially extreme cold or heat, fatigue , and stress, are other triggers. Some people have had an attack as a result of sneezing , crying, or even laughing. Incidence Asthma can come at any age, but it is most common among children. About half of the cases first occur in children under the age of ten. Young boys get it more often than girls, but by the teen years the incidence among boys and girls is about the same.
Many children seem to outgrow all symptoms early in their teens.
The disease tends to run in families but is not always passed directly from parents to their children. The incidence of asthma and deaths from asthma has been rising in recent years, although no one is certain why. Asthma is more common among people living in poor housing conditions. Cockroach droppings may initiate the allergy that later develops into asthma. Symptoms you are likely to notice Although asthma is a chronic condition, symptoms are not present all the time.