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Asthma is a chronic disease that causes the airways - the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs - to become sore and swollen. In the United States, about 20 million people have asthma. Nearly 9 million of them are children. Children have smaller airways than adults, which makes asthma especially serious for them. Children with asthma may experience wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and trouble breathing, especially early in the morning or at night.
Many things can cause asthma, including
When asthma symptoms become worse than usual, it is called an asthma attack. Asthma is treated with two kinds of medicines: quick-relief medicines to stop asthma symptoms and long-term control medicines to prevent symptoms.
Heal Asthma - Herbal formula for the treatment of asthma in both children and adults, with benefits and related articles.
Allergy Watch - A colorful product line designed for children with allergies, asthma, diabetes in order to warn people the child has an allergy.
Healing Your Child - How alternative care can resolve the cause of children's asthma and correct it in children.
Kido's Bear - The Bear is a innovative delivery device for aerosol and oxygen blow-by therapy for children with asthma or other acute respiratory diseases.
Suite 101 - Information for people with asthma and parents of children with this disease. Resources, links and facts on the latest treatments and ways to cope with the condition.
Asthma Tutorial - Multimedia article written for children, describing causes, symptoms and treatments.
University of Chicago: Asthma Center - Offers general information about causes, effects and management. Includes specific information for children, and for health professionals.
To Breathe, asthma in children and adolescents - Resource center for both health professionals, and the public, including articles and news. [In English and Spanish]
Asthma in School Children: Educational Slides - Consumer health resource center providing general asthma information. Contains an education slideshow for asthmatic children. From eMedicine Health.
Asthma Learning Center - This complete asthma resource for children and adults includes information about asthma symptoms, triggers, treatment, medications and how to manage asthma. From National Jewish Medical and Research Center.