Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) are long-term chronic illnesses that often develop as a result of genetic, physiological, behavioral or environmental factors (World Health Organisation 2019). Asthmaa Chronic Respiratory Diseaseis one such NCD that affects the Respiratory System. Asthma can be defined as a chronic disease wherein resistant flow in the airways incites breathlessness and chest tightening as a result of narrowed and inflamed airways (Australian Institute of Health and Wellness 2019; Godfrey 1985). In 2018, 339 million people globally suffered from asthma-related health conditions with lower and middle-income countries having the highest mortality rates for asthma-related deaths (The Global Asthma Report 2018). Recent reports indicated that 2.7 million Australians, and 112,000 Indigenous Australians, suffered from asthma in 2018; with Indigenous Australians being 1.9 times as likely to develop asthma compared to non-Indigenous Australians (The Australian Bureau of Statistics 2018; The Australian Bureau of Statistics 2013). Further analysis of Australian asthma patients r
evealed, females (12.3%) were more at risk of developing asthma-related health conditions as opposed to men (10.2%); and male children under the age of fourteen (12.1%) and women between the ages of sixty-five and seventy-five (>15%) were the most at risk of developing asthma-related illnesses according to age (The Australian Bureau of Statistics 2018). Thus, this paper proposes that asthma is a serious long-term condition whereby educational awareness of asthma-related conditions can be utilized to ascertain to what extent asthma impacts health and society. Through a health science framework, this essay will discuss the function, anatomy and physiology of the Respiratory System; analyze the pathophysiology of the Respiratory System post-asthma diagnosis; discuss current and new trends in asthma-related treatments; explore the social impact asthma has on sufferers quality of life; examine the impact asthma has on society, and consider public health initiatives to determine in what ways society can facilitate the empowerment of individuals living with asthma-related health conditions.