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 Life with asthma
If you have asthma, it is important to learn how to take care of yourself. Work with your doctor on a daily asthma self-management plan that you are both happy with.
* Tell your doctor about al..
 Asthma symptoms and prevention
Common asthma symptoms include:
* Coughing. Coughing from asthma is often worse at night or early in the morning, making it hard to sleep.
* Wheezing. Wheezing is a whistling or squeaky so..
 What causes asthma
It is not clear exactly what makes the airways of people with asthma inflamed in the first place. Your inflamed airways may be due to a combination of things. We know that if other people in your fami..
 Key points for asthma
Asthma is a chronic disease that affects your airways, the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs.
In asthma, the inside walls of your airways are inflamed, or swollen. The inflammation ma..
 Asthma attack - tips
Knowing what to do when someone is having an asthma attack can save their life. So many people around the world have asthma, however it can be easily forgotten just how serious a condition it can be...
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 Treating asthma
Your doctor can work with you to decide about your treatment goals and what you need to do to control your asthma to achieve these goals. Asthma treatment includes:
* Working closely with your..
 How is asthma diagnosed
Some things your doctor will ask about include:
* Periods of coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, or chest tightness that come on suddenly, occur often, or seem to happen during certain tim..
 Asthma and risk
In the United States, about 20 million people have been diagnosed with asthma; nearly 9 million of them are children.
Asthma is closely linked to allergies. Most, but not all, people with asthma ha..
 Important antioxidants for asthma relief
Free radicals play a big role in inducing bronchoconstriction and elevating mucus secretion in asthmatic. For this reason, it is a good idea if you have asthma to build up your use of antioxidants. Tw..
 Asthma attack and prevention
Many persons who have asthma are not aware of the seriousness of an asthma attack, due to their misinformation or even their ignorance regarding their disease. The beginning of the asthma attack is in..
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