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Asthma is a complex lung disease that causes inflammation of the airways resulting in coughing, wheezing, and difficulty breathing.

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"Exercise, Smoke, Environmental allergies, Medications, mold, smoke, sickness/infection, stress, or genetics" (Juarez, 2014) can be common causes for someone to have asthmatic reactions. Causes can vary because no two cases of asthma are identical.

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When you experience allergies, you are releasing histamine. Histamine reactions affect the eyes, nose, throat, and lungs. "When airways become inflamed due to histamine release, it can trigger an asthmatic reaction resulting in symptoms such as wheezing, coughing, or shortness of breath" (Hudak, 2017).

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Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution, patterns, and determinants of health and disease concerns within a population. "The study of asthma epidemiology occurs through looking at incidence, prevalence, morbidity/mortality, and socioeconomic status/race" (Asthma Epidemiology, 2017).

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The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) started the National Asthma Control Program in 1999. Over the last 23 years, they have developed and have over 25 locations across the United States. They seek to reduce the effects of asthma through goals such as, reducing the number of deaths, hospitalizations, and emergency room visits and to remove daily limitations that asthma can cause. "The CDC seeks to address the intersection of health care and public health through funding state programs and national organizations" (CDC, 2022). These programs have brought great education surrounding the quality of care, management, and policies surrounding asthma. Having this as a resource for asthmatic patients is beneficial to the overall education of the disease.

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Over time, there have been programs and medications developed to help manage asthma symptoms. There are many medications that can help open the lungs and airways, and there are support groups that teach asthmatics how to properly use their medications. There are also a wide variety of breathing techniques that can help slow the constriction of the airway. Support groups can be especially beneficial in helping to teach asthma management, breathing techniques, how to use an inhaler, and just to chat with other people who are experiencing a similar medical event.

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AAFA. Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. (2021). Retrieved September 25, 2022, from https://www.aafa.org/asthma-facts/

Asthma Epidemiology. Asthma epidemiology. (2017). Retrieved September 25, 2022, from https://sites.pitt.edu/~lrest3/asthma.html

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2022, February 22). Asthma. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved September 25, 2022, from https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/default.htm

Hudak, B. B. (Ed.). (2017, September). Do allergies cause asthma? (for teens) - nemours kidshealth. KidsHealth. Retrieved September 25, 2022, from https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/allergies-asthma.html#:~:text=One%20of%20these%20is%20histamine,The%20body%20remembers%20this%20reaction

Juarez, D. (2014, September 2). Asthma and allergies on the rise in the U.S. Healthline. Retrieved September 25, 2022, from https://www.healthline.com/health-news/children-allergies-and-asthma-on-the-rise-110813

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Incidence rates measure the onset of a disease, while prevalence talks about how common the disease is among a population. Socioeconomic status is evaluated in helping everyone find the resources and care that they need to prevent the rise in mortality rates seen in more severe asthma cases.

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Asthmatic Triggers include a variety of societal, genetic, and environmental impacts. Triggers can include animals, smoke, stress, air pollution, and illness.

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Asthma is very prevalent in the United States and surrounding countries. Age, gender, race, and genetics all have a factor in determining the prevalence of asthma within a population. "Vietnam and China have reported low incidences of asthma, probably due to their environment and lifestyle-rather than any genetic differences" (AAFA, 2021).

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The high rate of symptom development among a population triggers an epidemic. Asthma epidemics don't occur every year, but when they do they can cause concern for the healthcare system that is trying to keep up with the influx of patients.