Allergy And Its Relation To Asthma By Gelfey Asthma is basically termed as a condition with clinical symptoms like cold and shortness of breath. Inflammation is the primary cause of asthma and if that inflammation continues, it leads to permanent changes in the airways making them more hyperreactive (twitchy). Our current understanding of asthma suggests that the inflammation in the airways is primarily eosinophilic in nature. It seems likely that in future that understanding will change an.