Asthma is a chronic lung disease that effects over 30 million Americans alone and researchers estimate that 10 – 15% of the world population suffers from asthma. People with asthma have extra delicate or hyper-responsive airways. The airways become irritated and narrow and constrict throughout an asthma attack, causing increased resistance to airflow, and obstructing [...]
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Critical Asthma Information
Posted by admin on October 8th, 2011
Not everyone with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease suffers from this form asthma, but many men and women who experience emphysema or chronic bronchitis have asthma-like signs or symptoms. Medical experts continue to debate whether chronic asthma should be classified as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, considering that asthma can be reversed. Chronic asthma is an inflammatory [...]