As World Asthma Day comes up on May 1 2018 , it has been estimated that asthma affects between 10 .7 and 13 per cent people . And though the exact number remains unknown for now, 330 million people are estimated to suffer from the ailment worldwide.
Physicians have described asthma as a chronic respiratory condition in which the airways are inflamed , the airways’ muscle contract and the linings of the airway are twitchy , swollen and the lumen becomes smaller with limitation to airflow .
The sufferers have cough , episodic breathlessness, chest tightness , noisy breathing and wheezes . This occurs on and off and may get better with or without treatment .To tackle the disease , governments at all level have been advised to partner with pharmaceutical companies to make quality and affordable medicines available for asthma sufferers , as well as increase awareness about asthma , so that cases can be diagnosed early and treatments commence.

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