Mi asma y yo. Relato biográfico

Abstract

The asthma is a disease which is character-ized by the intermittent airway obstruction to the air-flow. Its world prevalence ranges be-Tween 1-24%. It courses clinically with dysp-nea, cough, wheezing and/or chest pain. The degree of adherence to the treatment and disease control are influenced by the ac-ceptance of the disease by the patients, their knowledge about it, and their strategy of cop-ing with the asthma. This paper aims to provide a holistic and interdisciplinary point of view of the disease. We have conducted an interview in depth and a history of life of Daniel, our informer. We have collected and interpreted his experience of the disease with biographic and descriptive characteristic.