The most common symptoms of asthma are:

Shortness of breath

Wheezing

Coughing (especially at night)

Chest tightness

The treatment for asthma depends upon the condition of the patient. The medication includes majorly anti-inflammatory medicines and bronchodilator. This medicine can be delivered to airways of the lungs directly by metered-dose inhaler, nebulizer or another type of asthma inhaler which help to attain relief from asthma and control the disease without causing side effects Asthma is easy to treat disease in most of the patients provided they are taking medicine as per advice. In a few of the Asthma patient disease may remain uncontrolled inspite of regular medicine, in such cases Biological treatment is available now a days to improve quality of life of Asthma patient.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

COPD is a condition of the lung that caters to a group of diseases and obstructs airflow, and make breathing difficult. Lung damage resulting from COPD is irreversible. Smoking is main risk factor for most patients, other factors like Environmental pollution, recurrent lung infections, and low birth weight are also important in many patients. In a country like India, wood smoke exposure due to household use is a common risk factor to have COPD in women. Chronic bronchitis and emphysema are the two most prevalent diseases that lead to COPD.

The most common symptoms of asthma are

Breathing difficulties,

Wheezing, or a persistent cough

Fatigue

Frequent respiratory infections

Inhaler medicine is the main treatment of COPD like asthma particularly for those who have moderate to severe diseases, but the type of inhaler drugs is different. In COPD bronchodilators are the main inhalers whereas in Asthma anti-inflammatory(corticosteroid) inhaler plays an important role.

Smoking cessation, vaccination for flu & pneumonia, early & aggressive treatment of infection, and very importantly, Pulmonary Rehabilitation play an important role in the management of COPD.