One in twenty of the population are affected on a daily bases. One in ten are children. Asthma is different for every person and can change radically from one attack to another.
Some asthma attacks are mild and others can quickly become life threatening.
Even though there is no cure for asthma yet, there are many medications available to treat the symptoms. Bronchial Asthma is one of the three different types of asthma. This lung disorder is characterized by periodic attacks of wheezing alternating with periods of relatively normal breathing. What happens is the bronchial tree becomes tight and the lining of the air passages becomes swollen, reducing the airflow and producing the wheezing sound. This wheezing sound along with shortness of breath, tightness in the chest, difficulty breathing, and coughing are common symptoms of bronchial asthma.