The difference between allergic asthma and asthma

Written by Li Tao
Pulmonology
Updated on September 03, 2024
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Allergic asthma and asthma both fall under the category of asthma, also known as bronchial asthma, which refers to chronic inflammation of the airways involving various cells and cellular components. This inflammation typically leads to high reactivity of the airways, causing repeated episodes of wheezing, chest tightness, coughing, and other symptoms. Among them, allergic asthma is a type of asthma. Allergic asthma is a relatively stubborn disease, often occurring in infancy and early childhood, with some patients exhibiting symptoms of allergies, or allergic rhinitis. Typically, symptoms like sneezing, runny nose, nasal itchiness, eye itchiness, and tearing may occur before an episode of allergic asthma, collectively known as allergic asthma symptoms.

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What are the symptoms of asthma?

Asthma is a chronic airway disease that clinically manifests as noticeable chest tightness and shortness of breath during acute attacks, especially when exposed to allergens such as cold air, pollen, animal dander, or consuming foods that are likely to cause allergies, such as eggs, milk, and seafood. This leads to high reactivity of the airways, causing spasms, and thus a range of clinical symptoms. In some patients, typical wheezing sounds can also be heard in the lungs. Asthma is a chronic disease that cannot be completely cured. During acute attacks, it is recommended to quickly remove oneself from allergens and actively administer antispasmodic and asthma-relieving medications to significantly improve symptoms of chest tightness and shortness of breath.

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Can people with asthma eat eggs?

Asthma is a common respiratory disease, and its incidence has been increasing in recent years. Eggs are one of the most popular foods among Chinese people. So, can people with asthma still eat eggs? The exact cause of asthma is not very clear yet, but it may be related to certain allergic factors. For instance, allergies to some foods can trigger asthma attacks. These foods include fish, shrimp, eggs, milk, etc. Therefore, if one is allergic to these foods, they should not eat them. Thus, if an asthma patient is allergic to eggs, they should avoid eating eggs, but if they are not allergic, they can eat them.

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Can asthma be cured completely?

We often refer to asthma as bronchial asthma, which, whether it is cough variant asthma, allergic asthma, or caused by other factors, has not yet a cure found to date. It is now generally believed that bronchial asthma can be controlled, which means that as long as patients with bronchial asthma receive standardized treatment in reputable hospitals, most can be controlled and will not suffer from recurrent attacks. So far, there is no cure found, and all advertisements using Traditional Chinese Medicine or ancient secret remedies or any other means claiming that asthma can be cured are false. These are not to be trusted, and many asthma patients often suffer because they take some medications containing oral corticosteroids under these false beliefs. While these might control asthma in the short term, they are detrimental to the long-term management of asthma, and prolonged use of such non-standard corticosteroid treatments can lead to many adverse reactions, such as drug-induced Cushing's syndrome and medication-induced diabetes, among others.

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Principles for the Management of Childhood Asthma

Firstly, it is necessary to adhere to the principles of long-term, continuous, standardized, and individualized treatment. In the acute exacerbation phase, rapid relief of symptoms is required, primarily through anti-asthma treatment. During the remission phase, it is essential to maintain long-term control of symptoms, anti-inflammation, and reduce airway hyperresponsiveness, while also avoiding triggers and self-care. The treatment goal is to control and eliminate asthma symptoms as much as possible, reduce the number of asthma attacks, or even prevent them, maintain normal or near-normal lung function, allow participation in normal physical activities, including sports training, etc., minimize drug side effects, and prevent the development of irreversible airway obstruction.

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Is allergic asthma a type of asthma?

Allergic asthma is asthma that is triggered after coming into contact with allergens. After contact with allergens, symptoms such as paroxysmal coughing, chest tightness, wheezing, and difficulty breathing often occur. Symptoms can be alleviated by leaving the allergen environment or by using anti-asthma medication. Allergic asthma is a type of asthma; thus, allergic asthma is asthma. The treatment of allergic asthma primarily involves removing oneself from the allergen environment and then using anti-asthma medication, anti-inflammatory drugs, and so on to control the symptoms of asthma. (Please use medications under the guidance of a professional physician and do not self-medicate.)