Question

Increased asthmatic attacks in certain seasons are due to
(a) Inhalation of seasonal pollen
(b) Heat and immunity
(c) Low temperature
(d) Eating preserved fruits

Answer 1

Hint: Exercise-induced asthma, occupational induced asthma, and allergens induced asthma are some of the types of asthma. Seasonal asthma can be caused by inhaling certain types of airborne allergens.

Complete answer:
Asthma is the condition related to the lungs where extra mucus is produced along with narrowing of air passages and swelling can also be seen. It has flu-like symptoms and it can be seasonally caused due to inhalation of seasonal pollen grains. In asthma, patients experience shortness of breath, difficulty in breathing due to narrowing of passage, swelling, and excess mucus secretion. There is no complete cure for asthma but it can be treated by the symptomatic treatment that reduces symptoms. Asthma can be of different types like exercise-induced asthma, occupational asthma, and allergy-induced asthma.

Additional information:
- Person infected with asthma shows symptoms like wheezing, shortness of breath, coughing, etc
- When the air is cold and dry, exercise-induced asthma may worsen. People working in places like chemical irritants, gases, dust that cause irritation have a high probability of affecting occupational asthma. Airborne substances like pollen grains, mold spores, wastes of cockroach, skin, and dried saliva parts of pets cause allergic-induced asthma.
So, the correct answer is ‘(a) Inhalation of seasonal pollen’

Note:
- Some of the risk factors of asthma are exposure to secondhand smoke, exhaust fumes, and other types of pollutants, inhalation of pollen, obesity, it may be genetic.
- Signs and symptoms that interfere with sleep, permanent narrowing of the tubes that carry air, long term side effects of the medicines used for the treatment of asthma are some of the complications of asthma.