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Asthma
Asthma is a common disorder in which chronic inflammation of the bronchial tubes (bronchi) makes them swell, narrowing the airways. Signs and symptoms include shortness of breath, chest tightness, cough and wheezing.
Slideshow: 10 Worst Cities for Asthma
While there are no asthma-free cities, some are more challenging than others for people living with asthma. View this slideshow to see the 10 worst cites for asthma, according to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.
Asthma Quiz
With this quiz, your asthma IQ depends on your understanding of the asthma causes, symptoms, and treatments that affect millions of American men, women, and children.
Asthma in Children
Read about asthma in kids (children). Learn about asthma statistics, diagnosis, symptoms, signs, medications, and what to do when your kid has an asthma attack.
Living with Asthma
Watch this slideshow on asthma and learn about this chronic inflammation disorder of the bronchiole tubes (airways) resulting in breathing difficulty. Find information on causes/triggers, symptoms, prevention and treatment of the disease.
Asthma Myths
There is currently no cure for asthma, and no single exact cause has been identified. Take this slideshow quiz on asthma myths to test your IQ and take an active role in your own health by better understanding this chronic illness.
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Adult-Onset Asthma
Adult-onset asthma is asthma that is diagnosed in people over 20 years of age. Symptoms include wheezing, coughing, shortness of...
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What Is Asthma? 19 Complex Facts
There are many unusual symptoms of asthma, including sighing, difficulty sleeping, anxiety, chronic cough, recurrent walking...
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Asthma in Children
Asthma in children manifests with symptoms such as coughing and wheezing. Rates of asthma in children are increasing. Asthma in...
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Asthma Medications
There are two types of asthma medications: long-term control with anti-inflammatory drugs and quick relief from bronchodilators....
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Asthma
Asthma is a condition in which hyperreactive airways constrict and result in symptoms like wheezing, coughing, and shortness of...
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Asthma Over-the-Counter Treatment
Patients who have infrequent, mild bouts of asthma attacks may use over-the-counter (OTC) medications to treat their asthma...
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Can Asthma Damage Your Lungs?
Asthma inflames the inner lining of the respiratory tubes and tightens the smooth muscles surrounding the airways, and can cause...
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Can Asthma Go Away on Its Own?
Asthma is a long-term condition for many people, particularly if it first develops when you're an adult. In children, it...
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Can You Exercise With Exercise-Induced Asthma?
You can continue exercise and normal physical activity even after being diagnosed with exercise-induced asthma (EIA)....
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Churg-Strauss Syndrome
Churg-Strauss Syndrome is a form of vasculitis. Vasculitis is an inflammation of the blood vessels. Symptoms of Churg-Strauss...
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How Can I Treat My Child's Asthma at Home?
Treatment of a child's asthma involves following an action plan developed in consultation with your child's pediatrician. Severe...
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Occupational Asthma
Occupational asthma is a type of asthma caused by exposure to a substance in the workplace. Symptoms and signs include wheezing,...
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What Are the Symptoms of Eosinophilic Asthma?
Eosinophilic asthma is a type of asthma that is hard to manage and quite severe. Here are the symptoms of this respiratory...
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What Causes Anemic Hypoxia?
Hypoxia is when there is insufficient oxygen in the body for it to operate normally. Anemic hypoxia is the blood’s inability to...
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What Is Neutrophilic Asthma?
Neutrophilic asthma is a type of severe asthma in which there is a high neutrophil count in your sputum. Learn about treatment...
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What Is Severe Asthma?
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory lung disease caused due to the airway’s hypersensitive response to allergic stimuli. Severe...
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What Is the Treatment for Asthmatic Bronchitis?
Asthmatic bronchitis refers to inflammation of the bronchial tubes carrying air inside the lungs that occurs because of asthma....
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10 Worst Smog Cities in America
Learn the worst smog cities in America. See the 10 cities with the most polluted, unclean and smoggy air....
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Asthma Attacks: Triggers, Symptoms, and Treatment
Asthma symptoms include coughing, wheezing, headache, fatigue, dark circles under the eyes, trouble sleeping, and loss of...
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Asthma and Your Diet: Foods That Help and Hurt
Even though there's no specific asthma diet that can help your condition, certain foods may help or harm your breathing. Learn...
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Asthma and the Weather
Does the weather affect your asthma? Find out how heat, cold and thunderstorms can make it hard to breathe -- and what you can do...
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Asthma: Common Inhaler Mistakes
An inhaler helps you breathe better, but you might not be getting the full effect. Find out how to get the most out of your...
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What is Asthma? Asthma Myths Debunked
What are asthma myths and facts? There is currently no cure for asthma, and no specific, single cause for asthma has been...
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What Is Asthma? Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments
What is asthma? What is the main cause of asthma? Learn information about asthma, a chronic disease of the bronchiole tubes....
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Asthma Quiz
Asthma is a chronic disease of the airways of the lungs, which can be managed with proper treatment. Triggered by two main...
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Asthma: Natural Ways to Ease Asthma Symptoms
You can do more than take medication to manage your asthma. Several other things can help you breathe more easily....
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Allergies: Can You Learn to Breathe Better?
Can you learn new techniques to breathe better? Healthy breathing helps you maintain the right balance of oxygen and carbon...
Treatment & Diagnosis
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- What Are the Side Effects of Asthma Inhalers?
- Does Altitude Affect Asthma?
- Asthma in Women, Asthma in Pregnancy
- Can Asthma Medication Hide Churg-Strauss Syndrome?
- Asthma Rates Increasing
- Best Exercises for Asthma: Yoga, Swimming, Biking, and Walking
- Can Asthma Cause a Heart Attack?
- Exercise Preventing Asthma?
- What Is Exercise-Induced Asthma?
- How Bad for You Is Air Pollution?
Medications & Supplements
- Accolate (zafirlukast) Side Effects, Warnings, and Drug Interactions
- Advair Diskus (fluticasone propionate and salmeterol inhaler) Side Effects, Warnings & Interactions
- albuterol (Ventolin, Proventil)
- albuterol and ipratropium inhaler (Combivent Respimat)
- ArmonAir Digihaler (fluticasone propionate inhalation powder)
- ArmonAir RespiClick (fluticasone propionate)
- beclomethasone dipropionate inhaler (Qvar)
- bitolterol mesylate
- budesonide inhaled
- budesonide (oral inhalation, Pulmicort, Pulmicort Flexhaler)
- budesonide/formoterol hfa inhaler (Symbicort)
- ciclesonide (Alvesco)
- cromolyn, Nasalcrom, Gastrocrom (Intal, Opticrom are discontinued)
- Dulera (mometasone furoate/formoterol fumarate)
- ephedrine
- epinephrine inhaled
- Advair Diskus, Advair HFA (fluticasone and salmeterol oral inhaler)
- fluticasone propionate oral inhaler (Flovent)
- hydrocortisone oral (Cortef)
- ipratropium bromide inhaler
- ketotifen-oral tablet
- montelukast, Singulair
- Nucala (mepolizumab)
- omalizumab (Xolair)
- Qvar (beclomethasone) Side Effects, Warnings, and Drug Interactions
- salmeterol (Serevent)
- Side Effects of Azmacort (triamcinolone)
- Side Effects of Pulmicort Flexhaler (budesonide)
- Side Effects of Alvesco (ciclesonide)
- Dulera (mometasone furoate/formoterol fumarate)
- Side Effects of Elixophyllin (theophylline)
- Side Effects of Ephedrine (oral)
- Side Effects of Aerospan HFA (flunisolide)
- Side Effects of Flovent (fluticasone propionate) oral inhaler
- Side Effects of Singulair (montelukast)
- Side Effects of terbutaline
- terbutaline (Brethine)
- theophylline (Elixophyllin, Theo-24)
- triamcinolone acetonide inhaler, Azmacort
- Side Effects of Ventolin (albuterol)
- Side Effects of Xolair (omalizumab)
- zafirlukast (Accolate)