Supermarkets to sell asthma inhalers over the counter

Asthma inhalers will go on sale in supermarkets for the first time this month, allowing sufferers to get the medicine without seeing their doctor...

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Exercise and Asthma

Asthma is an increasingly common lung disease in the U.S. People who have asthma have inflamed and highly irritable airways. When the airways are exposed to irritants, they narrow, making breathing more difficult. Signs of asthma include wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and difficulty breathing, especially at night and early in the morning. Common irritants include tobacco smoke, air pollution, viral infection and allergens like dust mites and cat dander. Vigorous exercise also can act like an irritant by triggering airway spasm and narrowing. This is referred to as exercise-induced asthma...

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Exhaled Nitric Oxide Test for Asthma

Many people with asthma never know when their next attack is coming. They see their doctors, take their asthma medications, and maybe even perform spirometry, but are never sure if their asthma is truly controlled. Untreated inflammation in the lungs, which may go undetected even with routine doctor visits, can result in a severe asthma exacerbation triggered by something as simple as the common cold...

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