asthma
IPA: ˈæzmʌ
noun
- (pathology) A long-term respiratory condition, in which the airways may unexpectedly and suddenly narrow, often in response to an allergen, cold air, exercise, or emotional stress. Symptoms include wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing.
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Examples of "asthma" in Sentences
- He appears in all the books and has asthma.
- Exposure is related to sensitization and asthma morbidity.
- Linked to the increase of asthma are environmental causes.
- Bronchial asthma in the medical literature of Greek antiquity.
- I do know that asthma is the favorite fake ailment of all time.
- The prevention of the development of asthma would be even better.
- It is a histamine liberator, and may worsen the symptoms of asthma.
- Bronchial asthma is the more correct name for the common form of asthma.
- Spinell suffered most of his life from hemophilia as well as chronic asthma.
- Suffering from chronic asthma from infancy his formal education was spasmodic.
- Fenoterol is an asthma medication designed to open up the airways to the lungs.
- If your asthma is in good control, you should be able to participate in any sport you like.
- If you are feeling great on your medicines, it means your asthma is controlled and the medicines are working.
- When asthma is not well controlled, other triggers may also include physical exercise, laughing, crying or cold weather.
- Unless you think that building an economy based on oil-spill clean-up and doctors treating asthma is the way of the future, then it's time to expose this one.
- Theophylline does not have significant anti-inflammatory effects, so it became less popular as a preventive treatment when the role of inflammation in asthma was recognized.
- Indoor air pollution may have contributed to the increase in asthma rates since the 1980s, says Philip Landrigan, director of Mount Sinai's Children's Environmental Health Center.
- In a randomized, double-blind controlled study of 297 patients at 30 sites, those treated with the Alair device had a 32% reduction in asthma attacks, an 84% reduction in emergency-room visits and a 66% reduction in school or work days lost due to asthma.