Progress of three kinds of treatment for asthma

Abstract

Asthma is chronic inflammatory airway disease and may be induced by both genetic factors and epigenetic factors. Asthma has no particularly typical symptoms，and these symptoms include cough, expectoration, suffocation, chest tightness and even breathing difficulties. Drugs for asthma treatment are divided into rescue treatment and maintenance treatment, rescue treatments are for people with mild symptoms of asthma which means the frequency of onset does not exceed two times a week while maintenance treatments with inhalable drugs that deal with inflammation are for all other patients that suffer severely and to increase control. As in recent years, the population with asthma has shown to be increasing worldwide over time, the importance and necessity of understanding the mechanism of asthma and its main treatment methods and principles are also increasing. This article mainly focused on three types of most commonly seen maintenance treatment for asthma, including glucocorticoid, theophylline and leukotriene receptor antagonist.