What is asthma?
哮喘Asthma is a disease where the airway becomes inflamed. It can cause symptoms like wheeze, shortness of breath, cough, or chest tightness. is a disease where the airway becomes inflamed. It can cause symptoms like wheeze, shortness of breath, cough, or chest tightness.
For many people asthma does not last their whole life. It can be triggered by a viral throat infection, exercise, passive smoking, or allergies.
Hearing a wheeze is common in children. It can happen in up to 30% of children in pre‑school. For school-aged children, it is 15%. Most children aged 1 to 5 years who have a wheeze to not develop asthma. If it is still there when they reach school age, they will most likely get asthma.
Teenagers are an at‑risk group for poor control and severe asthma.