Master Intermittent Asthma with Picmonic for Medicine

Asthma is a chronic airway disease involving bronchial inflammation and hyperresponsiveness that leads to airway obstruction and symptoms of difficulty breathing, cough, and wheezing. Common triggers include cigarette smoke, dust, exercise, and exposure to cold air. In children over 12 years old, asthma severity is classified by how often symptoms occur, and how much medication is needed to control symptoms. Intermittent asthma is the most mild form of asthma. It describes asthma symptoms requiring rescue inhaler use no more than twice a week, with nocturnal symptoms less than twice per month. Symptoms do not interfere with the patient’s daily life, and patients have normal pulmonary function tests when asymptomatic. Intermittent asthma is treated with inhaled short-acting beta-agonists.