Kinds of Asthma


Asthma is of the following kinds:

Intrinsic Asthma

This type of asthma develops due to some pre-existing disease, like certain part infection or existing disease like bronchitis. Such type of patients do not benefit from or respond to anti-allergic treatment and, thus, not easy to manage and control due to non-response factor. This variety occurs mostly in advance age.

Extrinsic Asthma


Extrinsic asthma usually and commonly occurs in earlier part of one's life and generally responds to anti-allergic medication and treatment. The underlying cause can be attributed to exposure to allergic agents like certain fungi, house dust, pollens etc. The patient has an inherited tendency when he gets exposed to (he said allergens. Recurring bouts of rhinites (sneezing) and eczema could also be the pre-disposing and precipitatory cause to trigger an attack of asthma.

Exercise Induced Asthma

This type of asthma commonly occurs to those who take to physical exercise in the cold weather but, then all persons may be either partially or not, at all, affected or some may be having serious manifestations.
Problems relating to asthma can be easily managed in young adults, but extremely difficult to mange in case of the elderly and small children.