Allergic asthma is a chronic (long-term) breathing condition in which your airways become inflamed and narrow in response to inhaling allergens like pet dander, dust mites, and pollen. With allergic ...
Asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood and, in the latter part of the 20th century, reached epidemic proportions. Asthma is generally believed to result from gene-environment ...
Asthma affects nearly 5½ million people in the UK. And although many imagine that it’s a disease which mainly affects children, it’s also a problem for 1 in 12 adults. Asthma is a condition ...
A decade on from Emily’s treatment, its proponents are finding that the cells driving many other diseases, from asthma to heart conditions, share similarities with cancer cells that could allow ...
Asthma, a separate condition, makes airways swell and narrow so that it becomes difficult to breathe, sometimes causing coughing and wheezing. Although these conditions are separate, they often ...
Asthma is a medical condition that affects the airways – the tubes that carry air in and out of the lungs. When someone has an asthma attack, these tubes become narrowed, making it difficult to ...
1. Help the child sit in a comfortable position and take their inhaler. When a child has an asthma attack, their airways narrow, making it difficult for them to breathe. An inhaler relaxes the muscles ...