What happens when you have an asthma attack?

If you have asthma, however, taking in air can be perilous challenge. In fact, it can make you feel like you are drowning. Asthma is a lung disease that involves having overly sensitive tissues in your airways. These tissues are always inflamed, even if you don’t feel irritated. Dust, pollen, mould spores, and even cold air can trigger reactions in these tissues, making the bronchial tubes swell, excrete thick mucus and plug smaller air passageways. This can make your chest feel tight and cause coughing, wheezing and breathlessness for several hours unless you use special medication. Researchers says that people in crowded cities are particularly at risk for asthma attacks because they are exposed to more icky allergens like dust mites, air pollution and cockroach droppings. While people don’t really outgrow asthma, about half of all kids who have it will experience few, if any, symptoms by the time they become teens. That is because small amounts of narrowing have less impact on airways as they grow larger.