Asthma is classified into four categories based upon frequency of symptoms and objective measures, such aspeak flowmeasurements and/or spirometry results. These categories are:mild intermittent;mild persistent;moderate persistent; andsevere persistent. Your physician will determine the severity and control ...
According to theAsthma and Allergy Foundation of America, more than 27 million children and adults in the U.S. have asthma. That translates to one in 12 people in the U.S. currently living with this chronic condition. While most cases of asthma (nearly 80%, per a study inFrontiers in ...
Asthma is a chronic lung disorder that can make breathing difficult. With asthma, a person experiences narrow, inflamed airways (bronchial tubes). "Asthma" is an ancient Greek word meaning "short breath," and as the name implies, it can leave you gasping for air. One of the telltale signs...
Symptoms, Quality of Life, and Health Service Contact among Young Adults with Mild Asthma This report assesses Quality of Life (QoL) and its relationship tocurrent symptoms and prospective medical contact among 396 adultpatients with asthma. Patients were 16 to 52 yr of age and in thecare of ...
Symptoms, quality of life, and health service contact among young adults with mild asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2000;161 (2 Pt 1):498-503.Osman LM, Calder C, Robertson R, Friend JA, Legge JS, Douglas JG. Symp- toms, quality of life, and health service contact among young ...
Allergic asthma, or allergy-induced asthma, is a type of asthma that is triggered or made worse by allergies.Asthma and allergies often go hand-in-hand. In fact, up to 90 percent of children and 60 percent of adults with asthma suffer from allergies.1,2 ...
Not every person with asthma has the same symptoms in the same way. You may not have all of these symptoms, or you may have different symptoms at different times. Your symptoms may also vary from one asthma attack to the next, being mild during one and severe during another. ...
Inner-city adults,20,21 as well as those having children with chronic health problems, including asthma,22 are at increased risk of depression. In neonates, acute care use has been associated with emotional distress in mothers. However, to date, no study has prospectively evaluated whether depres...
Not every person with asthma has the same symptoms in the same way. You may not have all of these symptoms, or you may have different symptoms at different times. Your symptoms may also vary from one asthma attack to the next, being mild during one and severe during another. ...
An asthma "attack" or episode is a time of increased asthma symptoms. The symptoms can be mild or severe. Anyone can have a severe attack, even those with mild asthma. The attack can start suddenly or slowly. Sometimes, a mild attack may seem to go away but will come back a few hour...