Asthma (or bronchial asthma) is a chronic disease of the respiratory tracts that is characterized by the strong asphyxia and difficulty of the breathing.

The causes of asthma can be:
- infectious inflammatory processes in the respiratory tracts for a long period of time
- exogenous irritants such as meteorological factors, stress and physical overloads, allergy

Asthma symptoms:
- asthma attack
- short breath with difficult exhalation
- frequent cough
- whistling and rales in the chest during breathing

The increase of the disease symptoms occurs when a well-timed and medicated treatment. Depending on the level of the severity 3 stages of the course of the bronchial asthma are distinguished:
- The first stage is manifested in the form of the disease symptoms of the middle severity
- The second stage is characterized by disorders of the cardiovascular system, central nervous system, worsening of the skin condition
- The third stage is the most dangerous as a patient may have spasms, the arterial pressure is almost absent as well as pulse, a person starts choking.

Asthma treatment:
The folk remedies as well as the modern medical products affecting the mechanism of the disease are used for the treatment of asthma. They relax the smooth muscles of bronchi and respiratory tracts, reduce spasms, and improve the breathing. If the use of these drugs is not started, a patient may need inhalation of bronchodilators, and so it will be uncomfortable.