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Symptoms of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
What are the symptoms of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? The most common symptoms are shortness of breath, chronic cough, mucus production, wheezing, chest tightness, and reduced exercise tolerance. These symptoms arise because the airways…
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What is Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, often shortened to COPD, is a long-term disorder of the lungs in which airflow becomes persistently limited because the airways and air sacs are structurally and functionally damaged. The condition…
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Diagnosis of Asthma
Asthma is usually identified through a combination of symptoms, medical history, physical examination, and tests that show variable narrowing of the airways. The condition is not diagnosed by a single sign or one definitive…
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Treatment for Asthma
Asthma is treated with medications that reduce airway inflammation, relax constricted airway smooth muscle, and prevent exposure to triggers that provoke airway narrowing. The main treatments are inhaled corticosteroids, bronchodilators, combination inhalers, and in…
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Causes of Asthma
Asthma develops when the airways become abnormally sensitive, inflamed, and prone to narrowing in response to triggers that would not affect most people as strongly. Its causes are not usually a single event but…
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Symptoms of Asthma
The symptoms of asthma are typically wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing. These symptoms arise because the airways become inflamed, overly sensitive, and narrowed, which makes it harder for air to move…
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What is Asthma
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways in which the bronchial tubes become unusually sensitive and can narrow repeatedly in response to triggers. It involves the lower respiratory system, especially the bronchi…