| Asthma attacks are not all the samesome are | | | | bronchodilators. Between episodes, most patients feel |
| worse than others. In a severe asthma attack, the | | | | well but can have mild symptoms and they may |
| airways can close so much that not enough oxygen | | | | remain short of breath after exercise for longer |
| gets to vital organs. This condition is a medical | | | | periods of time than the unaffected individual. The |
| emergency. People can die from severe asthma | | | | symptoms of asthma, which can range from mild to |
| attacks. | | | | life threatening, can usually be controlled with a |
| Asthma a condition where overly sensitive airways | | | | combination of drugs and environmental changes. |
| swell, tighten, and produce excess mucustends to | | | | Asthma affects the airways, the small tubes that |
| run in families. Asthma is inflammation of the tubes of | | | | carry air in and out of your lungs. If you have asthma, |
| the lungs which causes them to be obstructed, and | | | | your airways are sensitive and easily become swollen. |
| therefore air passes though them less easily. These | | | | A total of 47 patients had high levels of exhaled nitric |
| episodes may be triggered by such things as | | | | oxide. Of those patients, 41 started using inhaled |
| exposure to an environmental stimulant (or allergen), | | | | corticosteroids, and 36 noted improvement in their |
| cold air, warm air, moist air, exercise or exertion, or | | | | cough. |
| emotional stress. Asthma is an allergic disease that | | | | Asthma may be very mild, or it can be very severe. |
| affects the bronchi or air passages. When the allergic | | | | An asthma attack can become very serious. Asthma |
| reaction takes place, the bronchi constrict and get | | | | is one of the leading causes of children missing school. |
| clogged with mucous, making breathing very difficult. | | | | Approximately 14 million adults and 6 million children in |
| Asthma is a disease that affects your lungs. It causes | | | | the U.S. have asthma. In fact, asthma is the most |
| repeated episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest | | | | common chronic illness of childhood and a common |
| tightness, and nighttime or early morning coughing. | | | | reason for missed school days. Asthma is more |
| Asthma can be controlled by taking medicine and | | | | common in boys than in girls. But after puberty asthma |
| avoiding the triggers that can cause an attack. Asthma | | | | is more common in females. Sometimes certain |
| and eosinophilic bronchitis can be treated with inhaled | | | | triggers can bring on symptoms. It's sensible to try to |
| corticosteroids, which combat inflammation in the | | | | avoid these triggers as much as possible, as they will |
| airways to reduce asthma symptoms. | | | | make your asthma worse. Common triggers include |
| Asthma is a chronic disease of the respiratory system | | | | house dust mite, animal fur, pollen, tobacco smoke, cold |
| in which the airway occasionally constricts, becomes | | | | air, viral and bacterial chest infections. Asthma coughs, |
| inflamed, and is lined with excessive amounts of | | | | on the other hand, are most often dry coughs caused |
| mucus, often in response to one or more triggers. In | | | | by bronchial spasms. Since there's nothing to bring up, |
| children, the most common triggers are viral illnesses | | | | there's no way for an asthma cough to be 'productive', |
| such as those that cause the common cold.This | | | | though you may hear rattling or 'crinkling' sounds if you |
| airway narrowing causes symptoms such as | | | | listen to the chest of a child when they cough. There |
| wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and | | | | are two basic types of coughs, chest coughs and dry |
| coughing. The airway constriction responds to | | | | coughs. The effectiveness of natural cough remedies. |