Can some develop asthma at age 51?

Question

My friend has been told she has asthma and she's never had it in her life ( she's 51). She smoke for a while like 6 yrs, but stopped. She doesn't believe that is what's wrong ....but can someone develop asthma later in life and if so how?Thanks!

Answer 1

Here is a site that will tell you all the things you want to know about adult asthma and it's causes. Good luck, best wishes.


http://www.healthcentral.com/asthma/introduction-000004_3-145.html

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Asthma can appear at any point in one's life. There are actually two types of asthma, dinstinguished by what causes each of them. Extrinsic (aka allergic, or atopic asthma) is asthma that is caused by some type of environmental irritant (e.g. pollen). In extrinsic asthma, the person is hypersensitive to the environmental element. This type of asthma is most common in young children. The second type of asthma, called intrinsic asthma (aka nonallergic, or nonatopic asthma) occurs in the absence of any external irritant. In other words, there is no particular stimulus that causes the asthma. This type of asthma most commonly appears after 40 years of age. Given her history of smoking, chronic bronchitis is also a possibility, as well as emphysema. A doctor can perform a simple set of tests to dinstinguish which disease may actually be present. All three of these diseases (emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and asthma) belong to a large group of diseases referred to as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Only a doctor can distinguish which specific disease may be present. Hope this helps.

Answer 4

My brother is an asthmatic and after ten years his asthma has shown no sign of improving. He has been to several doctors but they didn't help much.

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Answer 5

I have heard of people being diagnosed later in life. I dont know how it happens but it does. My 15 yr old daughter was just diagnosed with excersize induced asthma.

Answer 6

I developed it at 65 and my wife at 69. My one daughter at 55.

Answer 7

Late onset asthma is not unknown, but more likely to be COPD or other lung disease