Education Tool in Management of Asthma

Education tool in
management of asthma

What is Asthma
• Asthma is a restrictive condition of the pulmonary system that affects the inspiration of air into the
lungs in a adverse manner. It is highly important to understand that the condition is further
deteriorated by a stage that is characterized by acute exacerbation, a condition known as status
asthmaticus (Griffiths et al. 2018)
• In the clinically treated condition, the causes and the pathophysiology of the asthma are to be
analysed very properly in order to plan the right and appropriate treatment plan for the subjects
who are suffering from asthma or asthmatic attacks (Farber et al. 2016)
• It is critical that the allied health care management also play a critical role along with the medical
and the nursing management in order to deliver a patient centre care, in a appropriate manner.

Asthma causes
There are various that leads to the causation of asthma which are as follows :-
1. Genetic factor – Asthma is an inherited condition that can be transmitted genetically to a
previous generation to a progeny (Chong et al. 2019).
2. While the genetic factor dominates the Etiology of asthma to a great effect – it is to be
understood that it is not only the genetic factor but certain other precipitator and triggering
factors that are responsible to mild to severe presentations of the asthmatic condition.
3. Environmental factors such as pollens, dust and other form of pollutants along with smoke
particles can led to the causation of causation of asthma or rather trigger the condition that is
asthma (Garrity and Malveaux 2017).
Target group is - Parents of the children (in age group of early childhood, middle childhood and
adolescence).

Asthma causes
• Haptens which are the foreign particles that once on entering the body are capable of causing the
allergic evoking of the body, resulting in a system response, can also result in asthma.
• Hypersensitivity is a condition that also result and lead to the causation of asthma.
• Asthma is characterized by the hypersensitivity of the airways present in the lungs that results in
the causation of restriction of the inspiratory process resulting from progressive
bronchoconstriction (Urquhart and Clarke 2019).
• Allergens are very much responsible for the development of asthmatic condition in the human
body, that is in the respiratory condition and the trigger points are to be analysed, by the
clinicians while preparing for a case.