Asthma is a common medical condition that affects millions of the people around the world. The symptoms of asthma are wheezing, tightness in chest, coughing, gasping, unable to talk and trouble breathing. The theory about asthma is the over-reactivities to some triggers such as pollen, dust, contamination and more, which gets the airway inflamed to produce excessive mucus in the bronchi and bronchioles and induces the muscles of the airway to contract.

Scientific studies have shown that asthma is a nervous system response and the nervous system holds the key for treating asthma, here’s how:

1. Responsible for bronchial hyperreactivity
The nervous system plays an important role in the hyperreactivities of the bronchi and bronchioles as well as in the contractions of the airway muscles. A sensitive group of neurons in the human body connect the brain with the lungs. When any injury or abnormality of these nerves, particularly the vagus nerve irritation, could result in the bronchi and bronchioles to have hyperactivities, and the hyperactivities of bronchi with bronchioles could result in spasms, then in turn, the spasms result in an asthma attack. Moreover, these nerves also control the chest muscles that intervene with the movements of expiration and inspiration. It goes without saying that the nervous system holds the key for treating asthma.

2. Triggers lung inflammation
The scientific studies have shown that the stimulation to some specific nerve receptors with the allergens could result in the inflammation of the lungs and in turn it releases the chemicals such as sphingosine-1-phosphate to cause the further symptoms like difficulty to breath. The scientific studies have also proved that by using medications to make the TRPV1 (transient receptor potential vanilloid 1) nerve receptor inactive, it could significantly eliminate the symptoms of asthma. It stands to reason that an asthma attack is a nervous system response and the nervous system holds the key for treating asthma.

3. Carotid bodies
The neurons of carotid bodies may result in the asthma attacks. The scientific studies have also shown that the carotid bodies may be responsible for certain asthma attacks. The neurons of carotid bodies are responsible for telling the mind when and how to breathe. The nervous system sends the impulses to the respiratory muscles and causes them to expand or contract as well as sends the impulses to control the bronchial tubes to expand or contract. The nerves communicating with the respiratory system and the brain run from the organs in the chest to the brain through the neck, and any injury or misalignment in the structures could alter the signals between the respiratory and nervous systems. It has been proved that visiting a chiropractor to have a spine alignment could tremendously help for treating the asthma sufferers, because the spine alignment could straighten out the affected nerves that have the control of the respiratory part in the body and help the neurons to heal.

4. Nerve density
The nerve density in the lungs could also contribute to the asthmatic symptoms. Some studies have shown that the asthma sufferers often have the development of new nerves in their airways, and the higher density of nerves could result in the overreactions and other nerve irritations to cause asthma for flare-ups. It also stands to reason that the nervous system holds the key for treating asthma.