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Asthma

What is asthma?

Asthma is a chronic (long-term) lung disease. It affects your airways, the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs. When you have asthma, your airways can become inflamed and narrowed. This can cause wheezing, coughing, and tightness in your chest. When these symptoms get worse than usual, it is called an asthma attack or flare-up.

What causes asthma?

The exact cause of asthma is unknown. Genetics and your environment likely play a role in who gets asthma.

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  1. Asthma (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is asthma? Asthma is a chronic (long-term) lung disease. It affects your airways, the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs. When you have asthma, your airways can become inflamed and narrowed. This ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/asthma.html - Health Topics
  2. Asthma in Children (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is asthma? Asthma is a chronic (long-term) lung disease. It affects your airways, the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs. When you have asthma, your airways can become inflamed and narrowed. This ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/asthmainchildren.html - Health Topics
  3. Asthma - quick-relief drugs 
    Asthma quick-relief medicines work fast to control asthma symptoms. You take them when you are coughing, wheezing, having trouble breathing, or having an asthma attack. They are also called rescue medicines. Many ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000008.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Asthma - control drugs 
    Control medicines for asthma are medicines you take to control your asthma symptoms. You must use these medicines every day for them to ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000005.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Allergic asthma 
    Asthma is a breathing disorder characterized by inflammation of the airways and recurrent episodes of breathing difficulty. These episodes, sometimes referred to as asthma attacks, are triggered by irritation of the inflamed ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/allergic-asthma - Genetics
  6. Stay away from asthma triggers 
    ... is important to know what things make your asthma worse. These are called asthma "triggers." Avoiding them is your first step toward ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000064.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Signs of an asthma attack 
    ... do not know whether or not you have asthma , these 4 symptoms could be signs that you ... Other early warning signs of an asthma attack are: Being short-tempered or irritable Feeling nervous or edgy
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000062.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Asthma in children 
    Asthma is a disease that causes the airways to swell and get narrow. It leads to wheezing, ... Asthma is caused by swelling (inflammation) in the airways. During an asthma attack, the muscles surrounding the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000990.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Asthma and school 
    Children with asthma may need extra support at school. They may need help from school staff to keep their asthma under control and to be able to do ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000019.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Exercising and asthma at school 
    Sometimes exercise triggers asthma symptoms. This is called exercise-induced asthma (EIA). The symptoms of EIA are coughing, wheezing, a feeling of tightness ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000037.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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