Asthma is a condition of the bronchial tubes characterized by episodes of constriction and increased mucous production. A person with asthma has bronchial tubes that are super sensitive to various stimuli, or triggers, that can produce asthma symptom. In other words, asthmatics have special sensitivity that causes their lung tissue to react far more than is should to various stimulating factors or triggers. For this reason, people with asthma are said to have "twitchy airways." Some symptoms that people with asthma commonly experience are chest tightenings, difficulty inhaling and exhaling, wheezing, production of large amounts of mucous in their windpipes...
and improve pulmonary ventilation. For the most part, medical treatment of asthma is tailored to each person. The following treatments are generally used -chronic mild asthma, chronic moderate asthma, chronic severe asthma, acute asthma attack and status asthmaticus.

In conclusion, deaths do result from asthma, in fact the mortality rate for asthma has not significantly changed in many years and still claims approximately 1 percent of all hospitalizations for acute asthma. The overall death rate is extremely low.

Asthma in Families - Percentage of offspring: Both Parents - 50% One Parent - 25% Neither Parents - less than 10%