does asthma create other diseases?
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no, but it can aggravate them. For example, i have had pneumonia twice because my lungs are weak and prone to that, also I frequently get bronchitis.
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If you have tried searching for it then you are spelling it wrong... try\n\ncockroach allergy affecting asthma\n\nI found this site for you... there are many more\n\nhttp://allergies.about.com/od/bugs/a/blnih030805.htm
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We need more information.  There are literally thousands of diseases for each system, so what types of diseases are you looking for? Here is a starter, although I'm not sure that this is what you are looking for at all.\n1) hypertension - an increase in the pressure against the arterial walls that can result from several causes including fluid overload, too much sodium in the diet, genetics, smoking, age, gender, lack of exercise, or it can be secondary to other diseases, such as renal failure or diabetes.  Hypertension often leads to atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, as the vessels become damaged from the increased pressure against them and build up scar tissue and fat as a result.
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Talk to your doctor.  You do NOT outgrow asthma.  It can, however, fade quietly into the background as you age and grow less reactive to the things that trigger your attacks.\n\nPeople that believe they "outgrow" their asthma are often extremely disappointed when they hit a life challenge (pregnancy, menopause, old-age) or have an extreme illness (pneumonia) and then all of a sudden the asthma they thought they'd "outgrown" returns (hormonal changes can re-trigger asthma as can illness).\n\nTake care!
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airway diseases that can mimic asthma symptoms:\nchronic obstructive pulmonary disease\npulmonary fibrosis\nexercise induces asthma\nCardiac diseases which can mimic asthma symptoms:\nrestrictive carditis\ncongestive heart failure\nischemic cardiomyopathy\n\nIn other words, wait for the physicians' interpretations of the results, that is what you are paying them for! It could be allergies or something minor and correctable.
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Asthma, like allergies, can be "grown out of"....however, there's no age limit on developing or growing out of either....they can get better or worse depending on what you're sensitive to, pollution and the climate/city you live in.
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I think it's safe to say that smoking anything when you have asthma is going to worsen your condition. Whatever marijuana's medicinal properties, it most assuredly does not help with asthma.
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When asthma is good controlled, it doesn't affect physical health and doesn't increase risk of any complications. Good asthma control is essential point for prevention.
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Well, let me tell you what I know about asthma.\n\nWhat causes it?  Allergies can trigger it...Many triggers include, dust, dander from animals, pollen, leaf mold, dust mites and I read that roach pooh can trigger it. (UGH)\n\nMy youngest daughter had asthma and outgrew by age 5.\n\nMy oldest daughter began experiencing symptoms when she was eleven. (shortness of breath and wheezing, especially upon exertion) She is 31 years old now and has lots of problems with it. She has been hospitalized several times in the last few years with it. She uses a puffer. Her Dr prescribed her meds for a nebulizer. For her birthday --I bought her a nebulizer.\n\nSeveral of my grandchildren had problems with wheezing when they were infants.\n\nI didn't experience problems with shortness of breath and wheezing until I quit smoking about 6 years ago. I smoked for over thirty years. I have COPD but I also have asthma. \nWith the asthma I experience shortness of breath. Even getting ready to go to work can leave me breathless, at times. When I have overexerted myself, I wheeze. I experience thses symptoms every day.\n\nPeople who bath in perfume or aftershave really tear my lungs up. I get wheezy after a few minutes of inhaling the mess.\n\nWhen the wind blows, dust and allergens send my lungs into a tail spin. Sometimes extremes in temperature affect me too.\n\nI am on  Zyrtec (for allergies), Spiriva (a steroid dry powder inhaler), Advair (another dry powder steroid inhaler), Prednisone (a steroid) and I also have a nebulizer to use when I am having a really rough time.\n\nSometimes emotions and stress can affect Asthma.\n\nThey use to say that asthma wasn't that serious but now they know different. A person can die with a serious attack. \n\nIf you suspect that you, or any person in your family has asthma, Go to a Dr. Only your GP or a pulmonologist can gauge the seriousness of your condition and prescribe medications to alleviate your symptoms and make life a bit easier for you.\n\nTake Care,\n~Linda~
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Yes it is possible in a psychological sense! Just as some people have Asthma attacks brought on by an uncomfortable  situation, certain perfumes. Allergic reactions in some can be triggered by uncomfortable things like a color, a scent an animal a person. Its all in the mind of the beholder. This does not make it any less real than an allergy diagnosed and treatable with antihistamines. It is very real to those suffering from this unusual but documented ailment.\n Sometimes this sort of allergic reaction can be treated as a phobia, ie. fear of heights can be conquered by slow but firm exposure to high places, but most likely it stems from a bad experience as a child or infant and until this can be recognized by the sufferer it may continue throughout life.
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Asthma and the Menstrual Cycle \n\nAlthough they don't know exactly how, researchers suspect that reproductive hormones may play a key role in the experience women have with asthma. \n\nA study conducted at the Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia of 203 women who came to the emergency room with a severe asthma attack found that more women had the attack around the beginning of their period than at other times in the menstrual cycle. \n\nEmil Skobeloff, M.D., clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine at the William H. Spivey Research Lab at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, who was the lead researcher on the study, suspects that the occurrence of these severe attacks is somehow related to the declining levels of estrogen at that time in a woman's cycle. This would mean that the days surrounding the start of a woman's period--when estrogen levels are dropping--may be the time when women are most susceptible to severe asthma attacks, he says. \n\nDr. Skobeloff first suspected that reproductive hormones might play a key role when he noticed that women are admitted to hospitals more often than men for serious flare-ups of asthma and, after puberty begins, new cases of asthma are more likely in females than in males the same age. In one study, 75 percent of the hospital admissions for asthma were women and 25 percent were men. This is in stark contrast to hospital admission rates for children with asthma. In the childhood years, 65 percent of admissions are boys and 35 percent are girls. \n\nFrom http://www.mothernature.com/Library/Bookshelf/Books/62/9.cfm\n\nA menstrual rhythm has been documented for exacerbations of asthma, which may have important clinical relevance to the patient with severe asthma. We report the case of a 26-year-old patient with menstruation-associated asthma who showed a dramatic response to oral contraceptives. It was noted that falls in peak respiratory flow rate coincided with ovulation. We concluded that oral contraceptive therapy is useful in this particular group of asthmatic patients. \nPatients with menstrual asthma comprise 30 to 40% of menstruating female asthmatics.1 Although the relationship between progesterone or estradiol levels and airway hyperresponsiveness and between the menstrual cycle and airway hyperresponsiveness have been evaluated, no definite relationship has been described between each set of factors.2 3 4 While aldosterone levels may be related to the exacerbation of asthma, the levels measured in our patient during the follicular and luteal phases were not different, and administration of a diuretic agent (furosemide) was ineffective. Adrenocorticosteroid agents or hormone therapy have been used to treat the exacerbation of menstrual asthma. Oral contraceptives have also been used but were ineffective.2 5 \nEffective therapy using high-dose progesterone has been reported, and the response is thought to involve smooth-muscle relaxation and control of microvascular leakage.5 However, the risk of serious side effects potentially limits the use of high doses of progesterone. Because the exacerbation of symptoms coincided with ovulation in our patient, an oral contraceptive was given despite previous negative results.2 This completely eliminated premenstrual exacerbation of asthma. On the basis of clinical features, blood test results, and response to therapy, we speculate that menstrual asthma was due to a rapid fall in the progesterone level during the late luteal phase. Symptomatic exacerbation was observed soon after ovulation and was eliminated by suppression of ovulation. This observation suggests that improvement of asthma was due to the maintenance of stable levels of sex hormones and the disappearance of cyclic changes in these levels by administration of oral contraceptives. We conclude that symptomatic exacerbation of menstruation-associated asthma may be prevented by suppression of ovulation. Oral contraceptives are useful in this particu
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There is no 'one gene' associated with asthma.  Asthma, like most chronic diseases is multifactorial (many factors) and polygenic (many different genes are involved).
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Asthma is very widespread. It is very treatable and containable. My wife and daughter have it, but you'd never know it. Their asthma is quite under control without using steriods. \n\nDeath, is a highly unlikely outcome of asthma unless you were in a fire and inhaled smoke, or stranded in Antartica and the cold bothered your lungs, but you'd probably die from something else first.\n\nSometimes asthma is "grown into" and sometimes it is "grown out of" so it might not be a life long disease. \n\nYou should talk to your doctor and get a recommendation to a specialist if your doctor is not familiar with asthma.
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some ppl confuse other respiratory problems like wheezing with ashtma also. however, asthma can be controlled thru proper medications like inhalers. Do consult with your doctor to diagnose which level of asthma are you in.. \n\nFurther, often asthma goes away during growing years for a teen. In adults, it tends to stay on provided the environment is polluted and so on. In most cases, you can resume normal activities like joggin, excercise etc.
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Pillows can harbor Aspergillus fumigatus, a fungus that exacerbates asthma symptoms.  Histoplasma capsulatum is a fungus that is found in the soil and causes histoplasmosis, a disease of the lungs with symptoms like tuberculosis, which can then spread to other organs.  Pneumocystis pneumonia, a common cause of death in AIDS patients, is an opportunistic lung infection caused by the fungus Pneumocystis carinii, which was previously considered a protozoan.
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Yes, there is a connection, based on treatment experience. The astham risk/difficulty is increased by reduced minerals in body, which also causes hormone imbalance, and reduced menses, delayed cycles. \nHormone balancing treatment was seen to benifit asthma patients.
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Yes, that is what I have.  To be honest with you though, because of my age, I've wondered if it is really Asthma, or some kind of conjested heart failure symptom.\n\nI have never smoked, nor does Asthma run in my family.\n\nI do take a steroid, and an Abuuterol inhaler.