People with asthma are missing airway ‘muscle relaxer’

A protein that appears to play a vital role in airway function is virtually missing in people who have asthma. The discovery points to a potential new treatment.
When the protein, called SPLUNC1, is low or missing, people experience airway constriction, mucus production, chest tightness, and breathing problems.
Robert Tarran, associate professor of medicine and a member of the UNC Marsico Lung Institute, linked the protein to cystic fibrosis. He and colleague Steve Tilley, associate professor of medicine at UNC-Chapel Hill, wondered what role it might play in asthmatics.....

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Thrive: The Effects Of Asthma

MANKATO, Minn - People with asthma deal with symptoms like wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing..
Affecting their daily activities and activities that are enjoyed.
"Someone who has asthma may not wish to go outside a lot because outdoor exposure can worsen their asthma and they may not exercise because exercise makes their respiratory system worse," Mankato Clinic Allergist, Srinivasan Ramanuja said.
Impacting their quality of life and even their sleep.....

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Will my child outgrow asthma?

Do some children outgrow asthma?
Asthma symptoms that start in childhood can disappear later in life. Sometimes, however, a child's asthma goes away temporarily, only to return a few years later. But other children with asthma — particularly those with severe asthma — never outgrow it.
In young children, it can be hard to tell whether signs and symptoms such as coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath are caused by asthma or something else. Sometimes, what seems to be asthma turns out to be another condition, such as bronchitis, recurrent pneumonia or bronchiolitis. These and a number of other asthma-like conditions typically improve as children get older.....

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