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Article: Asthma.(Opinion & Editorial)
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- Manila Bulletin
- Article date:
- August 19, 2003
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ASTHMA tends to be regarded as a condition of the young, particularly children, and indeed, it is very much more common in children, as we have seen. But there are some patients who develop asthma for the first time in their later year. Often to their great irritation. The symptoms in the older patient are identical to those found in the younger patient with asthma except that breathlessness, especially on exertion, is quite common.
Asthma is a chronic condition marked by periodic attacks of wheezing and difficulty of breathing, especially in expelling air. It is a lung disease that causes obstruction of the airways. During an asthma attack, spasms in the muscles ...