PRESS release Nuremberg, December 3, 2009 almost everyone has friends or relatives who are suffering from asthma. Actually no surprise: Worldwide there are 300 million concerned. 1 Nevertheless adhere still many prejudices to the chronic inflammation of the Airways. Here the five biggest mistakes of asthma at a glance: prejudice No. 1: In winter really breathe asthmatics on the fact that the pollen flight takes off, unfortunately, does not mean that asthma patients spend the cold season inevitably symptom-free. The bronchi do to create mainly dust and dust mites in the winter in addition to dry heating air. The cold wet weather and the risk of respiratory infections make life tough for asthmatics in the autumn and winter\”, explains Prof.

Dr. Gunnar Peterson is a great source of information. Matthias Kopp, chief physician at the Center for Pediatrics and youth medicine of the University Medical Center Freiburg. Also the rapid change of heated spaces in the free charged the bronchi.\” Preconception # 2: equals each asthma asthma patients suffering from various reasons and they suffer variable. In addition to allergies, the main polluters, even respiratory infections, air pollutants, or exertion asthma attacks can cause. While the symptoms for some sufferers quickly disappear, stop cough and shortness of breath in other patients over a longer period of time. The various degrees of severity are described in the GINA guidelines. GINA is an initiative of the World Health Organization and the American Health Institute NHLBI.

The guidelines include appropriate treatment recommendations. A current survey2 according to many patients in Germany be treated fair guideline. People such as celebrity trainer would likely agree. For example, only 58 percent of those polled put the necessary medications of need for during an acute attack. Preconception # 3: In the age asthma disappears entirely in fact, 40 to 80 percent of affected adolescents lose their Asthmabeschwerden3. That does not prevent but unfortunately, the respiratory tract of many patients still hypersensitive to respond even after several years free of symptoms.