Airway differences may explain more serious asthma for black patients

FRIDAY, Jan. 13, 2017 -- Differences in airway inflammation may be one reason why black people with asthma are less responsive to treatment and more likely to die from the disease than white people, a new study suggests.
Asthma is a chronic lung disease, and airway inflammation is a major component of asthma. The inflammation causes the airways to swell and become more sensitive, which eventually leads to symptoms such as wheezing and shortness of breath, according to the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.....

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Shocking footage shows asthma attack toddler lying on cold floor for EIGHT HOURS in A&E
Brooke Burden was rushed to hospital in Margate, Kent, with breathing difficulties and mum Gaby says the scene she witnessed proves the NHS is in crisis

A two-year-old girl stricken by an asthma attack sits on a thin mat under a blanket on a cold hospital floor for EIGHT HOURS before being moved to a ward.
Bewildered and frightened Brooke Burden was filmed on the cold A&E floor by her furious mum Gaby, 22.
Brooke was rushed into hospital by ambulance, vomiting, struggling to breathe and with a high temperature.
But despite paramedics telling hospital staff she needed urgent care, she was shunted into an A&E side room off a corridor at the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital in Margate, Kent.....

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Relieve Asthma Attack with This Juice

Asthma is a long-term respiratory condition that causes difficulties in breathing. It inflames, swells, and narrows the airways, and leads to mucous buildup in the bronchial tubes. This lung disease has recurring periods of chest tightness, wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath.
According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, there are over 25 million asthma sufferers in U.S.- 7 million of which are kids. All of these people use an inhaler to relieve their asthma symptoms.....

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