Are you aware of different types of asthma? Experts have categorized the asthma into different types depending upon the factors that causes or worsens asthma. Although the classification is done broadly like extrinsic or allergic asthma, intrinsic or non-allergic, severity, brittle asthma, response to treatment, cardiac asthma, steroid resistant, etc but asthma can mainly be divided into main four types.

Exercise induced asthma- Exercise can make asthma symptoms to get worsen. 80 % of people doing exercises are under a threat of developing or enhancing the asthma symptoms. Airway narrowing peaks makes it difficult to intake are and hence breathlessness occurs.

Occupational asthma- This type of asthma is associated with the irritation caused to your lungs or airway passage. That is the presence of asthma triggers like wood dusts, some plants and dyes, paints, chemicals, few hairdressing chemicals. As such the person may suffer from running nose, wheezing, and congestion.

Nocturnal (nighttime) asthma- In many cases asthma worsens in nighttime because of the increased symptoms in night. This is due to exposure to allergens (asthma triggers) in bedroom, hormone secretion, cooling of airway, sleep- wake cycle, chronic sinus problems.

Cough-variant asthma- Severe coughing with asthma is the most common symptom but is undertreated. This can also be out of post-nasal drip, sinusitis, chronic sinus, gastroesophageal reflux disease.