Asthma is a disorder of the lungs obstructing the breathing process. The condition is caused by inflammation of the air passages, which narrows down or tightens them. Resultantly, free flow of air in to the lungs is impeded, making the breathing difficult. The sufferer feels suffocated. Asthma is not restricted to a particular age group or sex. Anyone can become asthmatic at any age but it is generally found in children and elderly persons. In females it is found proportionately much less.
Asthma is neither a psychological condition nor contagious.

Severity of the symptoms does not necessarily depend on how old is the case. If the cause of asthma continues to persist, asthmatic condition would aggravate sooner. With the passage of time, however, severity of the symptoms may go on increasing. At times expectoration of mucus may relieve temporarily but at times it may give no relief at all. Sometimes the attack of asthma may subside with medicine whereas at times it may subside even without medicine. In advanced cases, emergency treatment may be necessary to relieve.

At times a person may long for fresh air while in the room and want the windows open even in cold weather, with feelings that if windows are not opened, he/she would suffocate. This is a particular condition but is neither a symptom of asthma nor a psychological condition. Similarly getting out of breath with very little physical exertion may not necessarily indicate asthmatic condition. It could be due to other reasons calling for proper investigations.

Homeopathy has a number of medicines that can treat various conditions of asthma.Asthma can be cured permanently if treatment is planned keeping patient's genetic constitution in view. This precision makes cure of asthma much easier with lasting cure. There is no harm in exploring this method to see if it would be suitable to treat your asthmatic conditions.