Asthma is a chronic lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways. Asthma causes frequent periods of wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath and coughing. The coughing often occurs at night or early in the morning. Asthma affects people of all ages, but it most often starts during childhood.
Asthma FAQs
These are the most frequently asked questions about asthma. Question: What is asthma? Answer: Asthma is an incurable chronic inflammation of the bronchial tubes (airways), recognised by repeated episodes of [...]
FAQs about asthma
These are the most frequently asked questions about asthma. Question: What is asthma? Answer: Asthma is an incurable chronic inflammation of the bronchial tubes (airways), recognised by repeated episodes of [...]
What is asthma?
Asthma is a chronic lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways. Asthma causes frequent periods of wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath and coughing. The coughing often occurs at [...]
Living with asthma
Living with asthma can be challenging, but if you pay attention to the details of an asthma management plan, you or your child can lead an active, healthy life. A [...]
Status and brittle asthma
Although some asthmatics are able to control and stabilise their asthma with medication and other therapies, those diagnosed with status and brittle asthma have a really hard time coping with [...]
Exercise-induced asthma
Shortness of breath and prolonged coughing brought on by exercise or after workouts and races are often ignored or ascribed to an athlete either being unfit or having pushed his/her [...]
Managing childhood asthma
Childhood asthma is often quoted as the number one reason for children missing school and being hospitalised. However, new medications and treatment strategies have changed this bleak outlook. Today, asthma [...]
Is it asthma or is it COPD?
People with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) often don't know they have it because some of the symptoms (a cough or breathlessness) so closely resemble those of asthma, bronchitis or [...]
Asthmatic bronchitis: double trouble
Had a cold, the flu or any other upper respiratory infection lately? Did you give it time to heal properly? If not, don't be surprised if a secondary infection such [...]
Asthma and the female hormones
Research on the effect of female hormones on asthma has thus far been quite contradictory and confusing. However, one fact that has emerged is that women with asthma need to [...]
Obesity and asthma: 10 facts you need to know
The prevalence of obesity and asthma has increased drastically over the past decade but did you know that there is also a subtle link between the two? Epidemic on the [...]
Asthma-acid reflux connection
People with asthma often experience acid reflux or heartburn and are also twice as likely to suffer from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), the main acid reflux producer. However, the connection [...]