Medical News Today: Alcohol and Asthma: What's the Connection?

Asthma is a condition that causes a person’s airways to become narrower, which affects breathing. For some people, this effect is temporary. When asthma occurs long-term, the airways can become inflamed and tightened.
Asthma most commonly starts in childhood. According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, an estimated 25 million people in the United States have asthma.
Asthma symptoms can range from mild to severe, where a person requires emergency medical treatment to start breathing again.....

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Mum reveals heartbreaking note tragic son, 12, wrote for her before he died of horror asthma attack

The mother of a boy who died of an asthma attack this week has revealed a heartbreaking note he recently left her.
Lee Green, 12, described as having a 'heart of gold', was rushed to hospital on Wednesday after suffering an asthma attack and collapsing at a Maidstone medical practice in Kent.
He was taken to Tunbridge Wells Hospital, Pembury, before being transferred to the Evelina Children's Hospital in London, where he died last night.....

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Racecar Driver TJ Fischer Launces Project O2 to Bring Awareness to Asthma

Los Angeles, CA – Professional racecar driver TJ Fischer announced yesterday the launch of Project O2, a campaign created to inform, inspire and innovate a new path to asthma awareness.
“I was always told growing up that I would have certain limitations because of my asthma,” Noted Fischer, who was diagnosed with asthma shortly after being born. “I made it a goal of mine to put the record straight, and to show that with the right medication, nutrition and exercise, you really can do anything”.....

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