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General Asthma
Summary: A chronic, incurable disease of the respiratory system, asthma causes inflammation, spasms, or tightening in the bronchial tubes and leads to difficulty breathing, wheezing, chest tightness, and coughing. Asthma cases vary from person to person, and various factors such as allergies, the weather, exertion, or simply genetics can trigger asthmatic symptoms. Many treatments for asthma exist today, and many people monitor their symptoms and use their own personalized treatments.
Asthma is a long-term, otherwise known as a chronic disease, which occurs in the respiratory system. The disease causes inflammation, spasms, or tightening in the bronchial tubes, which are the passage way to the lungs, that also carry air directly to the lungs. The inflammation caused by asthma educes difficulty breathing, wheezing, chest tightness, and coughing. Asthma cannot be cured, and the true cause of asthma is unknown. Most of the population that is diagnosed with asthma finds some way to be able to control the asthmatic symptoms with treatment. Asthma can be caused by allergies to certain things, the weather (cold or hot); sport educed, or is simply acquired by genetics. Often, pulmonary specialist helps their patients find a way to treat their specific kind of asthma through a process of trial and error. Every case is different, and each person's asthma is triggered by something distinctive...
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