AnswersDriveFor most people, asthma is a life-long condition, especially if it starts in adulthood. And if your child has moderate or severe asthma, the symptoms are more likely to carry on or come back than if your child has mild asthma.
Just so, can asthma symptoms change over time?
Changing symptoms. The symptoms for older people with asthma are generally the same as for younger people, though older people sometimes experience a more serious form of asthma. Even if you've had the same or similar symptoms for years, your asthma may change over time as you get older.
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Can asthma be brought on by stress?
An asthma trigger is anything that brings on asthma symptoms. When you have stress and asthma, you might feel short of breath, anxious, and even panicked. Stress may cause your asthma symptoms to worsen and cause you to feel frightened.
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Can asthma come and go?
Symptoms of asthma come and go; you may experience some of them and yet not know for certain whether you've got asthma or not. For example, you might experience trouble breathing with exercise or get more 'chest' infections than other people do.
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Can asthma go away with exercise?
Really cold, dry air can make EIA symptoms worse. Symptoms usually peak 5–10 minutes after the person stops exercising, then go away within an hour. For some people, asthma symptoms last for hours after they exercise, or happen only after they stop exercising.
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Can asthma recur?
Childhood Asthma Often Recurs as Adult. May 22, 2003 -- Many children with asthma appear to outgrow the disease by their mid- to late teens. While they may seem to be cured, a new study suggests one out of three will have a recurrence of asthma symptoms by their mid 20s.
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What is bronchial asthma caused by?
Chronic bronchitis, which is longer lasting, can be triggered by long-term exposure to environmental irritants such as tobacco smoke, dust, or chemicals. Asthma is an inflammatory condition that leads to tightening of the muscles around the airways and swelling that cause airways to narrow.
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What are the complications of asthma?
In rare cases, asthma can lead to a number of serious respiratory complications, including:
- pneumonia (infection of the lungs)
- a collapse of part or all of the lung.
- respiratory failure, where the levels of oxygen in the blood become dangerously low, or the levels of carbon dioxide become dangerously high.
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Can asthma symptoms come back?
For most people, asthma is a life-long condition, especially if it starts in adulthood. And if your child has moderate or severe asthma, the symptoms are more likely to carry on or come back than if your child has mild asthma.
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What is a long term medical condition?
A long-term illness or chronic health condition is any condition lasting six months or longer, such as asthma, arthritis, cancer, obesity, diabetes, chronic pain or heart disease.
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Is depression a long term condition?
Long-term physical conditions and mental health. Our physical and mental health are inextricably linked and people who live with a long-term physical condition - such as diabetes, arthritis or asthma - are also likely to experience mental ill-health, such as depression and anxiety.
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Can you cure a chronic illness?
Chronic disease: A disease that persists for a long time. A chronic disease is one lasting 3 months or more, by the definition of the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics. Chronic diseases generally cannot be prevented by vaccines or cured by medication, nor do they just disappear.
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Is epilepsy considered a chronic illness?
Description: Sometimes called a seizure disorder, epilepsy is a chronic medical condition produced by temporary changes in the electrical function of the brain, causing seizures which affect awareness, movement, or sensation. About 80% of epileptic seizures can be controlled using a single-drug regimen.
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Is IBS considered a chronic illness?
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common disorder that affects the large intestine. Signs and symptoms include cramping, abdominal pain, bloating, gas, and diarrhea or constipation, or both. IBS is a chronic condition that you'll need to manage long term.
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How long does irritable bowel last?
Symptoms often worsen after eating. A flare-up may last from 2 to 4 days, and then symptoms may either improve or go away completely. Signs and symptoms vary considerably between individuals. They often resemble those of other diseases and conditions.
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What foods trigger IBS?
Foods that can make IBS-related diarrhea worse for some people include:
- Too much fiber, especially the insoluble kind you get in the skin of fruits and vegetables.
- Food and drinks with chocolate, alcohol, caffeine, fructose, or sorbitol.
- Carbonated drinks.
- Large meals.
- Fried and fatty foods.
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Can I eat bananas with irritable bowel syndrome?
Several foods may play a role in developing diarrhea in people with IBS. Some foods that trigger diarrhea do so because they are ingested in large quantities; for example, a bite of a banana may not cause diarrhea, but eating a whole banana in some people with IBS may trigger diarrhea.
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Is Irritable Bowel Syndrome curable?
Although there is no simple cure for IBS, there are treatments that can help reduce the symptoms. These include changes to your lifestyle, medicines and psychological treatments. With the help of your GP, you can decide which is most suited to you. Because IBS is a syndrome and not a disease, it cannot be cured.
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Can you get cancer from IBS?
Most people diagnosed with IBS will have it long term. Symptoms will wax and wane and the GP will help to find the best way to manage an individual's symptoms. Although it can be distressing and painful, Irritable Bowel Syndrome will not lead to Colitis or Crohn's disease or bowel cancer.
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Is Irritable Bowel Syndrome lifelong?
IBS is also associated with bowel irregularity — sometimes diarrhea, sometimes constipation, sometimes both. Although symptoms may come and go, for most people diagnosed with it, IBS is a chronic, lifelong condition.
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What are the early signs of bowel cancer?
Signs and Symptoms of Colorectal Cancer
- A change in bowel habits, such as diarrhea, constipation, or narrowing of the stool, that lasts for more than a few days.
- A feeling that you need to have a bowel movement that is not relieved by doing so.
- Rectal bleeding.
- Dark stools, or blood in the stool.
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What is the first sign of colon cancer?
Signs and symptoms of colon cancer include: A change in your bowel habits, including diarrhea or constipation or a change in the consistency of your stool, that lasts longer than four weeks. Rectal bleeding or blood in your stool. Persistent abdominal discomfort, such as cramps, gas or pain.