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- Asthma causes mucus and fluids to go into your lungs making it hard to breathe.

- Also causes airway inflammation, bronchial restriction, and irregular airway obstruction.

- With Asthma you have to be more cautious. Although it does not change your lifestyle.

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by: Yulissa, Karime, & Yairy

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Coughing at night, wheezing, and shortness of breath. Also chest tightness, pain and pressure.

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http://www.lung.org/lung-health-and-diseases/lung-disease-lookup/asthma/learn-about-asthma/how-asthma-affects-your-body.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/

http://www.aaaai.org/conditions-and-treatments/asthma.aspx

http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/respiratory/asthma.html#
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/asthma.htm

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Over 20 million Americans currently have Asthma. And 300 million people in the world suffer from asthma.

- 8.7 million adults have asthma (8.0%),

- 6.8 million children have asthma (9.3%),

In addition, twice as many boys suffer from asthma than girls. However, boys tend to grow out of it but it increases for women the older they get.

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Spirometry and Methacholine challenge tests.

All the children between 5-12 test their airway responsiveness, which is a marker for asthma severity.

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Asthma attacks prevent oxygen from reaching your bloodstream and traveling to the body's vital organs. For example your lungs and Heart.

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There is no cure for Asthma

Treatments include:

- taking medications

- learning how to avoid triggers for an asthma attack.

- most patients are given oxygen therapy.

- inhaler