What is Asthma

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Asthma is a lung disease that can be life threatening |
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Asthma is chronic, in other words, you live with it every day |
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Asthma causes breathing problems |
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These breathing problems are called attacks or episodes of Asthma |
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When you have Asthma

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Take your Asthma seriously |
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Take your Asthma medications |
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When your Asthma symptoms don't improve, get help |
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Know your Asthma symptoms

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"I cough a lot while I exercise or even when I rest after exercising." |
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"I have shortness of breath." |
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"I make a wheezing sound when I breathe." |
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"I feel a tightness in my chest." |
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Do you feel this way sometimes? Any one of these symptoms may mean you have Asthma. You can have on or more of these symptoms or even different ones. Symptoms are clues that let you know that you are having an Asthma attack.
Find out what starts your Asthma symptoms


Often symptoms get started or "triggered" by something that bothers your lungs. These things are called asthma triggers.
There are many kinds of asthma triggers. They can range from viruses (such as colds) to allergies to gases and particles in the air. Given this range, you may find it hard to figure out what starts your asthma attacks.
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