11/10/2016 04:13 PM EST
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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.
In the United States, about 20 million people have asthma. Nearly 9 million of them are children. Children have smaller airways than adults, which makes asthma especially serious for them. Children with asthma may experience wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and trouble breathing, especially early in the morning or at night.
Many things can cause asthma, including
- Allergens - mold, pollen, animals
- Irritants - cigarette smoke, air pollution
- Weather - cold air, changes in weather
- Exercise
- Infections - flu, common cold
When asthma symptoms become worse than usual, it is called an asthma attack. 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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- Nebulizer use - slideshow (Medical Encyclopedia)Also in Spanish
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- Spacer use - slideshow (Medical Encyclopedia)Also in Spanish
- Asthma Quiz (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology)
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- Virtual Allergist (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology)
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- ClinicalTrials.gov: Asthma in Children (National Institutes of Health)
- Allergy and Asthma Health Magazine (American Association for Respiratory Care)
- American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
- American Lung Association
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- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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- Exercise-induced asthma (Medical Encyclopedia)Also in Spanish
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- How to breathe when you are short of breath (Medical Encyclopedia)Also in Spanish
- How to use a nebulizer (Medical Encyclopedia)Also in Spanish
- How to use an inhaler - no spacer (Medical Encyclopedia)Also in Spanish
- How to use an inhaler - with spacer (Medical Encyclopedia)Also in Spanish
- Signs of an asthma attack (Medical Encyclopedia)Also in Spanish
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