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The latest report published by the English association Asthma + Lung UK reveals which category of population is most likely to die of asthma. As reported by the site Futura Sciences Saturday April 30, 2022, the results are final.
Men and women are not equal when it comes to asthma. In any case, this is revealed by the latest report from the English association Asthma + Lung UKrelayed by the site Futura Sciences Saturday April 30, 2022. According to the published results, it would seem that women between the ages of 29 and 40 are 2.5 times more likely to be admitted to hospitalfollowing an asthma attack only men.
Asthma symptoms related to the menstrual cycle in women?
“There seemed to be a pattern in my symptoms, related to my menstrual cycle. Almost every month before my period, I suffered from asthma. My symptoms were making it difficult to breathe, which was terrifying, and I often ended up in the hospital. The asthma attacks I suffered were so severe that I had been ventilated four times when I was 22 and wondered if I would make it until my next birthday“, in particular indicated a 30-year-old English woman, quoted in this famous report.
“By understanding the role of sex hormones in asthma, we could transform the lives of three million women with the disease in the UK and several million more women around the world. We urgently need to invest more in research in this area so that we can find new treatments and better use existing treatments to help millions of women and save lives.“, explained for his part the President of the association Asthma + Lung UK, Sarah Woolnough.
#Asthma : women are more likely to die from the disease than men https://t.co/TMcibHeiYD
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The contraceptive pill to limit asthma attacks in women?
Currently, some experts in this disease believe that female sex hormones are involved in asthma attacks in women. According to a previous study published in 2022 in Journal of Asthma and Allergy, hormonal treatments would affect the symptoms of asthma. For example, to birth control pills appears to limit the onset of new attacks in women with asthma. Conversely, the replacement hormones prescribed after the menopause tend to favor them.. However, no causal link has yet been clearly established.