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What is exercise-induced asthma?  What are the symptoms ?  How to prevent stress-induced seizures?  What are the treatments ?  The answers. What is exercise-induced asthma? When  an  asthma attack  is   triggered during physical exercise or only a few minutes later  , it is called  exercise  -induced asthma (or exercise-induced asthma).  Indeed, during physical exercise, certain factors cause the bronchi to contract, which can lead to a crisis. Note: you may very well  have asthma and not have exercise-induced asthma  .  Also, be aware that these crises  do not necessarily occur every time  you play sports. Symptoms of exercise-induced asthma Symptoms  vary from   person  to person  : Respiratory discomfort  (the passage of air is difficult, breathing becomes difficult) Dry cough Shortness of breath Wheezing Feeling of tightness in the chest Exercise-induced asthma may...

Contrary to the treatment of the attack which brings an immediate relief, the basic treatment must be taken on a regular basis in order to control the symptoms and reduce the number of attacks.  These drugs also prevent the deterioration of respiratory function over time. Asthma: the interest of disease-modifying therapy The basic treatment of asthma treats the  causes of asthma  , mainly the inflammation of the bronchi.  This treatment to be effective must be taken every day  .  Basic treatment is the only way to effectively reduce the number, duration and intensity of attacks.  It is thanks to this treatment that the patient can lead a normal life. Basic treatment of asthma: drugs The background treatment is mainly based on an  anti-inflammatory action to reduce bronchial hyper-reactivity and inflammation  .  These two components of asthma absolutely must be controlled to stop the deterioration of the disease.  The products used a...

This chronic respiratory disease is due to a permanent inflammation of the bronchi.  What are the symptoms of asthma?  How is the disease diagnosed?  Doctissimo answers all your questions.  Asthma: general symptoms In a person with asthma, the inflammation of the bronchi and the contraction of the muscles lead to a reduction in the diameter of the bronchi.  The air passes more with difficulty.  Asthma   usually manifests itself in different forms: Cough  , usually dry and occurring in fits.  It can announce the beginning of a crisis or be its main manifestation; Ringing  in the chest  is certainly the most common symptom of asthma; The  respiratory discomfort  associated with wheezing can also take different forms.  Oppression (or feeling of blocked chest) can be taken for a cardiac alert in seniors. These signs can occur at night or during exercise, often interspersed with long periods of calm.  But all too...

The Omicron variant detected in South Africa is rapidly spreading to Europe, it is classified as a worrying variant of Covid-19 by the WHO and has a high number of mutations.  According to  Public Health France  , 91,608 new cases were confirmed on December 23, 2021. This is a record level since the start of the epidemic in March 2020. These are  "the worst figures ever recorded since the start of the pandemic"  declared the Minister of Health Olivier Véran.  “  As the Delta wave begins to decline, the  Omicron wave  rises extremely quickly,”  he added, specifying a doubling of positive cases  “almost every two days”  .  The Omicron variant would be according to the first scientific studies  "perhaps two and a half times less dangerous once it has been caught than the Delta variant"  .  But there, "although it may be half as dangerous as the Delta variant, if we have three, four times more patients, the pres...

More than 3 million French people have diabetes, a condition that is currently spreading.  However, this disease exposes you to the early onset of cardiovascular complications, which can be serious. By definition, diabetes is  an excess of glucose in the blood  .  In more than  9 out of 10 cases  , it is  type 2 diabetes  , which is found in adults over the age of 50, who are often sedentary and overweight.  Type  1 diabetes  is less common and can be diagnosed in childhood or adolescence.  But, in both forms of diabetes, there are  changes in the large and small blood vessels. Diabetes, heart and blood vessels: the relationships Due to chronic hyperglycemia and/or its association with other cardiovascular risk factors such as excess blood triglycerides, obesity, arterial hypertension, sedentary lifestyle, etc.,   diabetes promotes the development of fatty plaques (  atherosclerosis  ) in the large arte...