Asthma

New findings suggest that Vitamin D insufficiency may lead to Asthma Severity through-out the nation. Asthma is becoming a common problem in the United States there has been a steady rise in asthma related illnesses. Is it possible that a lack of Vitamin D in children from Costa Rica has underlined what may be a missing link to understanding  such a wide spread illness. Before we can contemplate if the findings hold truth we must first understand how many are stricken with the disease, asthma effects on the body, and the causes of the disease.

Asthma is a disease that affects the breathing way of the lungs. If the lungs continue have contact with various items that cause chronic inflammation it makes the person very sensitive to allergy triggers. An Asthma attack can happen at any time and any place. When this happens a person begins to experience an Asthma attack. This in-turn makes it very difficult for air to be exhaled or escape for the body. That is because once there is a trigger for asthma the lungs begin to narrow and fill with mucus thus obstructing the airway. “Asthma falls into a group category called COPD. An inflammation of the lungs causes a blockage in the passageway. Symptoms of bronchitis or emphysema which are COPD’s can cause the same thing.” (EMidicineHealth, 2009).

There is no cure for Asthma but the symptoms can be managed under control if it is diagnosed early. Without treatment for Asthma the symptoms can sprout quickly and continuously. What every the triggers are to spawn the attack can even lead to death.

“The precise reason for Asthma is unknown but most studies suggest that factors like air pollution, the environment, weak immune system, and obesity to name a few causes (EMidicineHealth, 2009).” The triggers that can cause a person to experience an asthmatic attack include tobacco smoke, dry or cold weather, flu, stress, GERD and even physical activity. Most irritants for asthma are different for each person afflicted thus an allergic trigger reaction can cause asthma related symptoms by one person and not the other.

            Because vitamin D is already produced by the body in several forms, so it can regulate the body’s calcium and phosphorus intake. Knowing a few details about Asthma we can begin to understand how a shortage of Vitamin D can have a great impact on children. Vitamin D plays a hugh role in regulation of the body. It mostly found in a person’s bones. Too much phosphorus can over fill a scale that is already sensitive by nature. Costa Rica is a country that has a very high number of asthma related illness. A study of more than six hundred children in Costa Rica may have broken the chain on disease that is always bringing new facts. ’They found that children with lower vitamin D levels were significantly more likely to have been hospitalized for asthma than in previous years (American Thoracic Society, 2009).”

So there is a link between taking vitamin D and not having it at all? Exposure to the harmful UV rays or eating certain type of food can makes your body produce vitamin D. A deficiency in the vitamin D can also be due to a person’s behavior in the environment they inhabit. There may be a hidden clue in the bodies of young children that is still yet to be understood. Giving a little bit of vitamin D to a patient who has a low count can help, so the question that remains how much or how little can be given to a person to reverse the process.