Jakarta, Berisatu.com – Those who are infected Covid-19 generally have symptoms of difficulty breathing. Asthma sufferers should also watch out for this. For this reason, asthma sufferers must know several things to avoid exposure to Covid-19. What are some of them?
Specialist doctor from Siloam Hospitals Surabaya Isnin Anang Marhana said, in asthma, the location of the disease is bronchoconstriction of the airways, especially in the small airways with symptoms of tightness with a distinctive pattern, for example at night or in the morning.
“This will be made worse if exposed to the corona virus, where the location of the disease is in the lung tissue. Of course, the symptoms of shortness of breath worsen, “he said in a press statement received on Thursday (6/5/2021).
For people with asthma, continued Doctor Monday, the condition for contracting Covid-19 and having symptoms of course still remains possible. However, if you have carried out proper health protocols and carried out proper asthma treatment management, one can hope to reduce the morbidity rate due to asthma and Covid-19.
“Of course, if the condition indicates hospitalization, he must be hospitalized. However, if the conditions are mild and you don’t need hospitalization, you can isolate yourself at home, “he said.
Healthy life
For that, Monday advises sufferers asthma In this pandemic is to keep a healthy lifestyle, balance between rest and exercise, maintain nutritional patterns, foods that used to have a history of allergies while reducing or avoiding them, do not forget to consume medicines recommended by doctors, especially medicines. medicine inhalers.
“Because inhaler drugs, apart from functioning as a reliever, also function as a reliever controller, namely controlling so that we are not prone to acute asthma attacks, “explained Isnin.
Isnin explained that asthma is a long-term or chronic type of disease in the respiratory tract characterized by inflammation and narrowing of the airways. Apart from difficulty breathing due to tightness in the chest cavity, asthmatics can also experience other symptoms such as pain and coughing. Asthma can be suffered by all age groups, be it toddlers, young, adults, or the elderly.
The European Respiratory Society in 2021 states, asthma is a non-communicable disease that is found in 339 million populations worldwide. Environmental pollution factors, climate change with fluctuating global temperatures, contribute directly to the health of people with asthma.
Data from the Ministry of Health explained that the prevalence rate of non-communicable disease (PTM) cases during 2013-2018 increased to 34 percent in Indonesia. For example, allergies, diabetes, rheumatism, depression, hypertension, stroke, pneumonia, and asthma.
Cause
Of the many cases of PTM that most people suffer from is asthma. The data shows that 4.5 percent of Indonesia’s population has asthma. The cumulative number of asthma cases is around 11,179,032 sufferers.
Although the exact cause of asthma is not clear, Isnin added, several things that often trigger asthma, such as cigarette smoke, dust, animal dander, physical activity, cold air, viral infections, or even exposure to chemicals.
Asthma is a disease whose talents are inherited. Not only his asthma talent, but also his allergic talent, because the starting point of this disease is hypersensitivity. This disease cannot be transmitted through germs, viruses, or bacteria because this disease is not an infectious disease.
Isnin further explained that asthma can be cured through controlled asthma therapy. The term cured in asthma is known as control, can be controlled.
Since the goal of asthma therapy is to achieve a controlled asthma status, it means that the patient can control asthma symptoms by finding the right medication to control asthma symptoms, as well as identifying conditions that can cause the hypersensitivity to recur.
Conditions that can trigger tightness and allergies, for example when the environment is cold, dusty, or eating certain foods that can trigger allergies.
“For this reason, the importance of regular control to a pulmonary specialist to find out what therapy is best for asthma sufferers needs to be done,” he concluded.
Source: BeritaSatu.com
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