Understanding Onset Asthma
What is Onset Asthma and how does it compare to childhood Asthma?
Asthma is typically defined as a condition you get when you’re very young or in childhood. For individuals that are diagnosed with Asthma when they are adults are known to have “onset asthma” and what triggers their Asthma can be quite different.
According the U.S. National Institute of Health (NIH), adults with the symptoms of asthma are less likely to be triggered by allergies such as house-dust mites, animals and pollen.
Onset Asthmatics for example are more likely to be triggered by:
* flu, colds or other viral infections
* exercise
* laughing or getting excited
* depression or anxiety
* some medicines
* irritants such as cigarette smoke, cold air, perfumes and chemical fumes