Aging with asthma – it’s not uncommon

While most people who suffer from asthma experience symptoms early in life, the disease develops at any age. It’s not uncommon for adults in their 70s or 80s to develop asthma symptoms, which can become a serious health problem. According to a new review in Allergy older adults are five times more likely to die from an asthma attack than younger patients.
Asthma is a chronic airway disease that inflames and narrows the airways. While asthma symptoms vary from person to person, those who have suffered from an attack won’t forget the signs:.....

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Racial discrimination may aggravate asthma, study finds
Kids of color suffer more from asthma, and doctors are digging deeper to find out why

African American children are twice as likely as whites to develop asthma, a disease that makes it hard to breathe. Black children also are more likely than white kids to die from the disease. Doctors have been puzzled by these differences. Now a study finds evidence that racial bigotry may play some role in making asthma in black children especially hard to control.
The new data find a correlation between discrimination and hard-to-control asthma. Such a link can never prove racial bias was responsible (see Explainer, just below). But it can point to a possible explanation — one that calls for more study.....

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Pregnant Moms’ Exposure to Pollution May Epigenetically Increase Child’s Asthma Susceptibility

Exposure to environmental pollution, such as diesel exhaust or concentrated urban air particles, during pregnancy could increase a child’s risk of developing asthma via epigenetic mechanisms. Recent research in the Journal of Physiology – Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology suggests that this allergic susceptibility might even be epigenetically passed down for several generations.....

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