What are the causes of menstrual asthma?

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Some female patients with asthma, every menstrual period or before the onset of asthma, it is really puzzling, medical asthma known as "menstrual asthma.". Menstrual asthma can occur before menstruation, can also occur in the menstrual period. So, how to prevent the attack of menstrual asthma?

What are the causes of menstrual asthma?

This kind of asthma patients are mostly young women, some begin in puberty, some have asthma since childhood, to puberty is mainly in menstruation before and after the attack is obvious. The pathogenesis of asthma is quite complex. In addition to allergy, infection and other factors, it is also related to neuropsychiatric factors and changes in endocrine function.

The incidence rate of menstrual asthma is not low. Some people have made statistics, accounting for about 10% of the total number of female asthma. Some asthma attacks before each menstruation, which is called "premenstrual asthma". This kind of asthma attacks 5-7 days before menstruation, and the symptoms are relieved after menstruation.

Some asthma attacks in the menstrual period, known as "menstrual asthma", this kind of asthma attacks or aggravates when menstruation comes, and its symptoms will relieve themselves after menstruation.

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How to prevent the attack of menstrual asthma? First of all, we should start from improving our mental state. Before and after menstruation, we should strive to keep our mood comfortable and stable, and avoid fear, worry and irritability. Especially for women who have had asthma, they should overcome bad emotions during menstruation, prevent emotional fluctuations from causing excessive excitation of vagus nerve, and secrete a large number of neurotransmitters that can cause bronchospasm to induce asthma attack.