World Asthma Day
𝑨𝒔𝒕𝒉𝒎𝒂.......𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆'𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 411 Today is World Asthma Day and its all about raising awareness on asthma 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒔 📍it is a non communicable disease (not transmissible from person to person) 📍it is a chronic disease (lasts for a long time) that affects lungs 📍not curable but can be managed to reduce and prevent asthma attacks 📍can be life threatening 📍can be triggered by smoke, allergens, intense workouts, pollutants... 𝑺𝒚𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒔 🟢breathlessness 🟢wheezing 🟢coughing 🟢feeling tightness in the chest/pressure in the chest/pain in the chest 🟢difficulty in making a full sentence The idea behind managing asthma is to control symptoms. 𝑨𝒔𝒕𝒉𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄? 🥏know your triggers and avoid them 🥏recognize symptoms early before they worsen 🥏take your meds as prescribed 🥏carry your inhaler always There are sad stories of people who have died as a result of an asthma attack 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒉𝒎