2.  Asthma is a disease that narrows and swells up the airways in your lungs and produce extra mucus and this can make breathing difficult.

3.  People who have allergies or a family history with asthma tend to get it.  Poor living conditions or living in low income homes  Smoking

4.  Some examples of these symptoms are shortness of breath, chest tightness, coughing, and wheezing.  The symptoms of asthma are progressive and an attack can happen any time.  Before a person gets an attack they experience health issues like light- headedness, being dizzy, or constant couching which shows that there asthma is acting up.

5.  Asthma is very common disease especially in the poor living conditions.  Around 24.6 million people have asthma in the US and 300 million in the world. But the numbers of people with asthma have been increasing every year.  Asthma will occurs from babies to adults.

6.  This disease affects the lungs, the disease narrows the lungs and it swells up.  The lungs normal function is to transfer in oxygen to your blood and remove carbon dioxide.

7.  Doctors diagnose people with asthma by looking at your medical history and using a stethoscope to examine your breathing. Using stethoscope to listen to their breathing would be the most accurate way to test the person. Also when doctors make a prediction of the course of your disease it is called a prognosis.  The Asthma pump/inhaler helps a person to calm their body from wheezing and comes in various sizes to be convenient for the user. From pocket friendly that is easily placed in the mouth to a face mask connected to a nebulizer machine.

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