6th May, 2025
Every year, on the first Tuesday of May, World Asthma Day is celebrated. This year it is being celebrated on 6th May.
The theme for World Asthma Day 2025 is "Make Inhaled Treatments Accessible for All"
The day helps raise awareness about this common respiratory condition. Asthma or bronchial asthma is a condition that affects millions and the primary symptom of the disease is difficulty breathing. Here, we share some of the common symptoms that people suffering from asthma may face. The incidence may vary from 9 to 20 percent in children and is one of the commonest childhood conditions.
Asthma is caused due to hyper reactive airways. The airways in the lungs become overly sensitive and gets narrowed in response to allergens, viruses, pollutants etc. Due to the narrowing of the airways, individuals tend to have breathing difficulties that can present as cough or wheezing. Intense physical activity can also make breathing more difficult for people with asthma.
The asthma symptoms, their severity and frequency can vary from person to person. For some, the symptoms appear occasionally, while for others they are more common.
Recognising the symptoms early on can help people to seek medical intervention and ensure proper management of the condition. Otherwise, the condition may progress too far if left unchecked and create lung complications.
Asthma is primarily a clinical diagnosis and a thorough physical examination and the patient's medical history is enough to make the correct diagnosis, in most cases but in some cases tests like Lung spirometer or Lung Oscillometry may be advised by the doctors.
With this doctors can create an individualised management plan that involves :
Explore our respiratory medicine department and paediatric department. The department offers comprehensive diagnosis and treatment of different respiratory conditions, including severe chronic asthma, chest infection, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, sleep related breathing disorders, chronic cough and more.
