Since 1984, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) has designated May as National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month.

A 35-year-old lady attends for review of her asthma following an acute exacerbation. There is an extensive evidence base for supported self-management for people living with asthma, and international ...

If you have asthma, it is important to find support. The people around you -- family members, friends, co-workers -- can all give you support with asthma. They should know what to do in an asthma ...

But these acronyms are some of the building blocks of asthma care and treatment. The challenge? Figuring out what they mean, how they work together, how to use them correctly and which combination is ...

This case is interesting, because, on the face of it, it's about a child with asthma made worse by exercise, which is a common phenomenon. However, true exercise-induced asthma, where symptoms only ...

If you have asthma, you need to do what you can to cut your exposure to asthma triggers. That starts by knowing what causes you to cough, wheeze, and grasp for breath. While there’s no cure, there are ...

An asthma action plan is a written series of steps and management techniques that should be used when a patient with asthma experiences worsening symptoms of the condition. The aim of an asthma action ...

Asthma exacerbations occur frequently despite the regular use of asthma-controller therapies, such as inhaled glucocorticoids. Clinicians commonly increase the doses of inhaled glucocorticoids at ...

An asthma control test involves questions relating to daytime and nighttime asthma symptoms. This test helps determine if a person is controlling their asthma well. The asthma control test helps ...

Asthma is a chronic disease of the airways with links to the immune system. Inflammation occurs in the airways that lead to the lungs, known as bronchial tubes, causing blockage and breathing ...

Asthma is a common chronic (long-term) lung disease in which the lungs’ bronchial tubes, or airways, become inflamed. This inflammation causes the airways to become sensitive to environmental triggers ...

People have suffered from asthma for millennia. 1 Although the clinical presentation of asthma has probably changed little, there are many more people who now bear its consequences than there were 200 ...