How do you get asthma?

Answer 1

Most often children are born with it....a lot of the time, from parents who thought it was okay to smoke during pregnancy.....more often from mother who suffer from second-hand smoke
you can contract it, but it is rare, and usually it is because you were born with the ability to contract it
it has a lot to do with small breathing space in your body, and because it's so small, it cuts off air intake from time to time, and it needs to be opened.

So yeah, born that way.

Answer 2

Hi,
Good Question
Asthma is a lung condition that causes wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath. It is triggered by irritants or some allergen, like - cold air, viruses, tobacco smoke, dust, pollen, moulds, and animal dander. Some people have coughing or wheezing only during exercise (called exercise-induced asthma).

An asthma attack may last a few minutes or for days. Attacks can happen anywhere and at any time. It is very important to get treatment for asthma to live a healthy, active life.

The Asthma occurs due to folloing reasons.

In asthma, the lining of the airways in the lungs is swollen, even when there are no symptoms. When exposed to irritants or allergens, the airways become more swollen and begin to make excess mucus. The tiny muscles in the walls of the airways begin to contract. These reactions decrease the airway openings, making it harder for air to move in and out. The whistling sound of air moving through the narrowed air passages is called wheezing. The extra mucus in the airways causes coughing.

The symptoms

The patient has difficulty in breathing, wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath and tightness in the chest.

A breathing test or a lung function test may also be done. This may be done before and after taking medication to measure the response to medication. A single attack of wheezing or difficulty in breathing is not always asthma. Certain infections and some chemicals can cause wheezing, which lasts for a short time and then does not occur again.



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Answer 3

Doctors know that there are some things that make a person more likely to get asthma:

Family history: if people in your family have allergic diseases like asthma, hay fever (allergic rhinitis), or eczema, there is a higher chance you will have asthma.

Air pollution indoors and out: some research shows that people who live near major highways and other polluted places are more likely to get asthma. Also, kids who grow up in a home with mould or dust may be more likely to get asthma.

Work-related asthma (occupational exposure): People who work in certain types of jobs can get asthma from things they work with. For example:

Laboratory workers can get asthma from lab animals: rats, mice, guinea-pigs
Spray painters can get asthma from isocyanates
Grain handlers can get asthma from grain dust
Crab processors can get asthma from crab dust

Asthma is a chronic (long-term) disease that makes it hard to breathe. At its worst, asthma can be fatal. For example, in 2003, asthma killed 287 Canadians 1. Asthma can't be cured, but it can be managed. With proper treatment, people with asthma can lead normal, active lives.

Answer 4

If you mean is it contagious...no. You can't catch it from another person.
I was diagnosed with Asthma when I was 18 months old. I was born with the disease.
People "get" asthma from their relatives, genetics, or they get it from pollution. There are some people who have developed it from chemicals they've worked with.
My neice who has no asthma in her family is asthmatic, her doc says she developed the disease from the pollutants around her. Her mom and grandma are smokers, I can't imagine that didn't contribute.

Answer 5

Pollution - it is one of the main causes of Asthma.

Answer 6

mostly family history or something born with it i guess

Answer 7

You dont get it. you are born with it. it is a lung condition.

Answer 8

I don't think it is something you "get". I think you either have it or not.