Asthma (AZ-muh) is a chronic disease that affects your airways, which are the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs. If you have asthma, the inside walls of your airways are inflamed (swollen). The inflammation (IN-fla-MAY-shun) makes the airways very sensitive, and they tend to react strongly to things to which you are allergic or find irritating. When the airways react, they get narrower and less air flows through to your lung tissues. This causes symptoms like wheezing (a whistling sound when you breathe), coughing, chest tightness, and trouble breathing.
Links
- Asthma Reality
- A personal site by a parent. Includes information for both professionals and the public, and an international forum.
- Erle's Asthma Website
- A list of resources from someone who has had this condition since a child.
- Kelsey's Asthma Page
- A personal account of dealing with this condition as a child.
- Control Your Asthma
- Data collection form for a personal investigation concerning the control of this condition.
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