Asthma
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Asthma is a chronic disease that affects your airways. Your airways are tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs. If you have asthma, the inside walls of your airways become sore and swollen. That makes them very sensitive, and they may react strongly to things that you are allergic to or find irritating. When your airways react, they get narrower and your lungs get less air. This can cause wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and trouble breathing, especially early in the morning or at night.
When your asthma symptoms become worse than usual, it's called an asthma attack. In a severe asthma attack, the airways can close so much that your vital organs do not get enough oxygen. People can die from severe asthma attacks.
Asthma is treated with two kinds of medicines: quick-relief medicines to stop asthma symptoms and long-term control medicines to prevent symptoms.
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lungusa.org — “Asthma is a lung disease that makes breathing difficult for nearly 23 million Americans, including 7 million children. Learning more about the disease is the first step in helping children and adults with asthma breathe easier.” View full resource at lungusa.org
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asthma.about.com — “Welcome to About.com's asthma site. Being a patient with or the parent of a child with a chronic illness can be difficult and frustrating. Everywhere you look toy hear something different about asthma. We will try to focus this site on 'what do you need to know' and 'what do you need to do' to take better care of you asthma and preventing your asthma from getting worse. I look forward to interacting with you” View full resource at asthma.about.com
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