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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.
Symptoms of asthma include
- Wheezing
- Coughing, especially early in the morning or at night
- Chest tightness
- Shortness of breath
Not all people who have asthma have these symptoms. Having these symptoms doesn't always mean that you have asthma. Your doctor will diagnose asthma based on lung function tests, your medical history, and a physical exam. You may also have allergy tests.
When your asthma symptoms become worse than usual, it's called an asthma attack. Severe asthma attacks may require emergency care, and they can be fatal.
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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- Managing Asthma: Learning to Breathe Easier (National Institutes of Health)
- What Is Asthma? (Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation)
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- How Is Asthma Diagnosed? (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
- Spirometry for Asthma - When You Need It and Why (ABIM Foundation)
- What Are Lung Function Tests? (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
- Allergens and Irritants (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
- Asthma Triggers: Gain Control (Environmental Protection Agency)
- Common Asthma Triggers (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- 4 Tips: Asthma and Complementary Health Practices (National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health)
- Asthma Treatment: Do Complementary and Alternative Approaches Work? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- How Is Asthma Treated and Controlled? (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
- Inhaled Asthma Medications (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology)
- Long-Term Control Medications for Lung Diseases (National Jewish Health)
- Patient's Guide to Aerosol Drug Delivery (American Association for Respiratory Care) - PDF
- Quick-Relief Medications for Lung Diseases (National Jewish Health)
- Understand Your Medication (American Lung Association)
- Asthma Action Plan (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - PDFAvailable in Spanish
- Asthma Diet: Does What You Eat Make a Difference? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Asthma Inhalers: Which One's Right for You? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Asthma: Questions to Ask When It Doesn't Get Better (American Academy of Family Physicians)Available in Spanish
- How to Use a Metered Dose Inhaler (American Academy of Family Physicians)Available in Spanish
- Measuring Your Peak Flow Rate (American Lung Association)
- So You Have Asthma (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - PDF
- Allergies and Asthma: They Often Occur Together (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Aspirin Desensitization (American Rhinologic Society)
- Asthma and COPD: Differences and Similarities (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology)
- Flu and People with Asthma (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) (and Asthma) (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology)
- Guide to Controlling Asthma at Work (American Lung Association)
- Humidifiers: Air Moisture Eases Skin, Breathing Symptoms (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Lung Disease Including Asthma and Adult Vaccination (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Sleep Problems in Asthma and COPD (American Thoracic Society) - PDF
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- What People with Asthma Need to Know about Osteoporosis (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
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- Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology)
- Exercise-Induced Bronchospasm (American Academy of Family Physicians)Available in Spanish
- Nocturnal Asthma (National Jewish Health)
- Occupational Asthma (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology)
- Genetics Home Reference: Allergic asthma (National Library of Medicine)
- Metered dose inhaler use - slideshow Available in Spanish
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- Peak flow meter use - slideshow Available in Spanish
- Spacer use - slideshow Available in Spanish
- Asthma Quiz (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology)
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- Wheezing (DSHI Systems)
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- Asthma in Adults Fact Sheet (American Lung Association)
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- National Asthma Control Program State Profiles (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDF
- Trends in Asthma Prevalence, Health Care Use, and Mortality in the United States, 2001-2010 (National Center for Health Statistics)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Asthma (National Institutes of Health)
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- American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology
- American Lung Association
- Asthma Information Links (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Find an Allergist/Immunologist (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology)
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- MedlinePlus: Asthma in Children (National Library of Medicine)Available in Spanish
- Asthma and Pregnancy (Organization of Teratology Information Specialists)Available in Spanish
- Asthma, Allergies and Pregnancy (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology)Available in Spanish
- Medications and Older Adults (American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology)Available in Spanish
- Allergies, asthma, and dust Available in Spanish
- Allergies, asthma, and molds Available in Spanish
- Allergies, asthma, and pollen Available in Spanish
- Asthma Available in Spanish
- Asthma - control drugs Available in Spanish
- Asthma - quick-relief drugs Available in Spanish
- Exercise-induced asthma Available in Spanish
- How to breathe when you are short of breath Available in Spanish
- How to use a nebulizer Available in Spanish
- How to use an inhaler - no spacer Available in Spanish
- How to use an inhaler - with spacer Available in Spanish
- How to use your peak flow meter Available in Spanish
- Make peak flow a habit! Available in Spanish
- Occupational asthma Available in Spanish
- Pulmonary function tests Available in Spanish
- Signs of an asthma attack Available in Spanish
- Smoking and asthma Available in Spanish
- Stay away from asthma triggers Available in Spanish
- Traveling with breathing problems Available in Spanish
- Wheezing Available in Spanish
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