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What is asthma?

Asthma is a chronic, long-term condition that causes the airways in the lungs to become inflamed, swollen, and narrowed at times.


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  • What happens inside my body during an asthma attack?

  • What is COPD?

  • What is an asthma trigger?

  • How can severe asthma be prevented?

  • Keeping an asthma diary

  • How is COPD treated?

  • How do medications help control asthma?

  • What are the symptoms of severe asthma?

  • What are the risks and causes of severe asthma?

  • What is an asthma action plan?

Up Next

  • What happens inside my body during an asthma attack?

  • What is COPD?

  • What is an asthma trigger?

  • How can severe asthma be prevented?

  • Keeping an asthma diary

  • How is COPD treated?

  • How do medications help control asthma?

  • What are the symptoms of severe asthma?

  • What are the risks and causes of severe asthma?

  • What is an asthma action plan?

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