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Your doctor can help you classify the severity of your asthma and come up with a plan on what to do if the asthma symptoms worsen. That way, if your...
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Asthma is increasingly prevalent among children. Nearly one in 10 American children now has asthma, a sharp rise that still has scientists searching...
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Asthma is a chronic disease of the airways that makes breathing difficult. With asthma, there is inflammation of the air passages that results in a...
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Asthma affects 22 million Americans. Asthma may occur at any age, although it's more common in younger individuals (under age 40). People who have a...
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Determining what factors were present when your asthma symptoms started is the first step to identifying the causes of your asthma. Although there...
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In people with asthma, the airways are always inflamed and very sensitive, so they react to a variety of external factors, or "triggers."...
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Many people with asthma have aspirin-sensitive asthma and it's possible they're sensitive to other medications such as anti-inflammatory drugs like...
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Cold, flu, bronchitis, and sinus infections can cause an asthma attack. These respiratory infections that trigger asthma can be viral or bacterial...
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Much like asthma causes inflammation in the lining of the airways, sinusitis causes inflammation in the mucous membranes that line the sinuses. This...
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People who smoke cigarettes are more likely to get asthma. If you smoke with asthma, it may make your symptoms such as coughing and wheezing worse...
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Severe heartburn and asthma often go hand-in-hand. Recent studies show that up to 89% of those with asthma also suffer from severe heartburn, known...
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While it's not common for food allergies to cause asthma, food allergies can cause a severe life-threatening reaction. The most common foods...
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Allergies with asthma is a common problem. Eighty percent of people with asthma have allergies to airborne substances such as tree, grass, and weed...
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No one knows the exact causes of asthma. What we do know is that asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways. The causes of asthma...
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So much is unknown about infant lung function and asthma. At this time, many experts believe that if an infant or toddler has three or more episodes...
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