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 October 2, 2019 
 Children's Health 
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 #ALT#Monitoring Asthma with FeNO

When an asthma attack occurs, the bronchial tubes become inflamed restricting the airways and eventually reducing the flow of air into and out of the lungs. The human body produces nitric oxide (NO) to help fight inflammation, and when the airway becomes inflamed NO is generated in the lungs and then exhaled on the breath. FeNO can be utilized as a non-invasive biomarker of airway inflammation.

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