Asthma: What Patients Should Know
By Dr. Hannah Brooks, MD · · Pulmonology
Patients often ask us about asthma. Here is what our Pulmonology clinicians want you to know.
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Topic: asthma. A bronchial disease that is characterized by chronic inflammation and narrowing of the airways, which is caused by a combination of environmental and genetic factors. The disease has_symptom recurring periods of wheezing (a whistling sound while breathing), has_symptom chest tightness, has_symptom shortness of breath, has_symptom mucus production and has_symptom coughing.
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