Experts Push for More Studies into Link Between Asthma, Female Sex Hormones
Asthma is a common condition that causes an individual’s airways to swell and narrow, resulting in breathing difficulties, coughing and breathlessness. During childhood, the disease is more prevalent and severe in boys. Following puberty, however, asthma becomes more common and severe in women. Women have a heightened risk of developing this condition because female sex hormones can worsen symptoms of asthma, much like dust, pollen and air pollution does. The hormones may even trigger an asthma attack. It is common knowledge that women who have asthma are at risk of possibly fatal asthma attacks every month and experience worse symptoms…
