The Risk Factors Associated With Asthma

All medical conditions have what is known as riskfrom generation to generation within a family therefore
factors and these vary depending on the medicalit is hereditary. There is a higher risk of a child having
condition that is being talked about. The medicalbreathing problems if both the mother and father have
condition that is known as asthma is no different andthe condition.
this condition is an inflammation of the airways. ThisA lot of babies that are born prematurely are prone to
condition tends to be a long-term condition as there isdeveloping breathing problems. Babies that are born
not really any cure for it but it can be kept underbefore the thirty sixth week of the pregnancy are
control by medication. There is actually no knownmore likely to get the condition. A child that is
reason for this condition and there is currently noconstantly exposed to cigarette and cigar smoke are
known cure for it. There are a vast number of casesalso more likely to develop breathing problems.
of asthma among children and various different thingsDust particles are another common cause of breathing
cause these cases and sometimes it can be adifficulties especially in children. Research has shown
combination of reasons.that there is a close link between asthma and children
In some occasions children have this medical conditionthat are exposed to a vast amount of dust on a
because it has been passed down through the family.regular basis.
Children of mothers that have the medical conditionThere are a number of allergies that can also cause
that are known, as eczema is also prone to the gettingthis medical condition. It is very important not to
breathing problems. This condition is not a contagiousassume that every child that has an allergy will also
disease but it is still in a lot of cases passed downhave asthma, as this is not the case.