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Asthma

Asthma Triggers

12/29/2015

<p>Tips on dealing with various types of asthma triggers.</p>

12/29/2015

Case Report

A Boy With a Wheeze: Foreign Body Aspiration Mimicking Asthma

09/11/2014

Heather B. Minto, MD, and Kelly Maples, MD

Heather B. Minto, MD, and Kelly Maples, MD

A 10-year-old boy presented to an allergy and immunology clinic with an 8-month history of daily wheezing and coughing, as well as significant dyspnea after exercise, resulting in exercise limitation.

09/11/2014

Foreign Body Aspiration

A Boy With Cough, Wheeze, and Chest Pain: Is it Asthma?

09/24/2013

JULIE S. BERG, MD, and NEHA H. SHAH, MD, MPH

JULIE S. BERG, MD, and NEHA H. SHAH, MD, MPH

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09/24/2013

Foreign Body Aspiration

A Boy With Cough, Wheeze, and Chest Pain: Is it Asthma?

09/24/2013

JULIE S. BERG, MD, and NEHA H. SHAH, MD, MPH

JULIE S. BERG, MD, and NEHA H. SHAH, MD, MPH

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09/24/2013

Asthma Snapshot

Reviewed by Albert Rizzo, MD

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Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease that can cause airflow obstruction. The airways can become inflamed and narrowed, making it difficult for air to flow when breathing out. About 1 in 13 people in the US has asthma, according to the CDC.

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Asthma attacks happen when the airways swell and narrow, making it harder to breathe. Attacks can come on fast or gradually and may be life-threatening. People with severe asthma tend to get asthma attacks more often.

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Spirometry
FeNO Test
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People with asthma in the United States, broken down by sex

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Roughly the number of children under the age of 18 with asthma in the United States

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