And Slate explained how even after just 24 hours of no sleep, detrimental changes in the body are already starting to occur -- like rising levels of stress hormone, which bumps up blood pressure levels.
Asthma is a disease that affects the breathing passages of the lungs (bronchioles). Asthma is caused by chronic (ongoing, long-term) inflammation of these passages. This makes the breathing passages, or airways, of the person with asthma highly sensitive to various triggers..
In asthma, shortness of breath is usually caused by the narrowing of the airways. The airways become narrow for one or both reasons: The muscles that surround the airways tighten up (âbronchospasmâ).