Asthma Respiratory Disorders Conditions and Diseases

Asthma is a condition that affects the airways - the small tubes that carry air in and out of the lungs. People with asthma have airways that are almost always red and sensitive (inflamed). Asthma symptoms can include coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath or a tight feeling in the chest.

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• Asthma Information - Offers information on diagnosis, risk factors and treatment. Includes sections for teens, adults and parents.
  
• Pediatric Oncall - Find an introduction to asthma including the clinical features and patterns.
  
• Exercise-Induced Asthma - Consumer health resource center providing information on exercise for asthmatics. From eMedicine Health.
  
• eMedicine Health - Asthma - Consumer health resource center providing an overview of asthma and its causes, symptoms and treatment.
  
• Asthma Care Guide - Series of articles looking at diagnosis, triggers, and treatment. Includes handouts and personal atories.
  
• Living Well with Asthma - Offers general information about the condition, symptoms and treatments. Includes expert answered questions and a message board.
  
• Medinfo: Asthma - Information on symptoms, causes, diagnosis and treatment.
  
• Medscape: Asthma Resource Center - Includes news, conference summaries, practice guidelines, abstracts, links to government and professional web sites, and consumer information.
  
• BBC Online - Offers information on causes, treatment and management.
  
• alt.support.asthma FAQ - General information FAQ for the newsgroup, including diagnosis and treatment.
  
• Occupational Asthma - Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment. From eMedicine Health.
  
• HouseDustMite.org - Animations, research and questions.
  
• Andrew Murphy - Explains how to do the Buteyko (shallow breathing) Method for controlling asthma.
  
• Suite 101: Asthma - Archived information for people with asthma and parents of children with this disease.
  
• Asthma Learning Center - This complete asthma resource for children and adults includes information about asthma symptoms, triggers, treatment, medications and how to manage asthma. From National Jewish Medical and Research Center.
  
• Asthma Tutorial - Multimedia article written for children, describing causes, symptoms and treatments.
  
• eMedicine Health: Asthma in School Children - Consumer health resource center providing general asthma information. Includes an education slideshow for asthmatic children.
  
• Asthma Health Factsheet - Concise information on causes, symptoms and types of treatment.
  
• eMedicine Health: Asthma in Pregnancy - Consumer health resource center providing information catered to pregnant asthmatics.
  
• RXinsider - Basic handout for patients.
  
• Buteyko Breathing Clinic Ireland - Natural treatment of asthma, emphysema, bronchiectasis and bronchitis using Buteyko Breathing Clinic method. Chapters of the book Asthma Free Naturally available free.
  
• Asthma - A chapter from the Cleveland Clinic Disease Management Project, discussing the condition and its treatment.
  
• Pregnancy & Asthma. - Articles and webcasts about treating symptoms during pregnancy and the medications that can be used.
  
• Chemical Sensitivity, Asthma and Allergy - Research site concerning airway hyperreactivity. Includes abstracts, and information to download. [.pdf format]
  
• Breath of Life - An exhibition examining the history of asthma, personal experiences, and treatments.
  
• eMedicine: Asthma - Article covering clinical information, diagnosis, and treatment. Includes prescribing information.
  
• To Breathe, asthma in children and adolescents - Resource center for both health professionals, and the public, including articles and news. [In English and Spanish]
  
• AllExperts Asthma Q&A - Experts volunteer to answer questions.
  
• A Focus on Asthma - Includes articles, news, drug information, and a message board.
  
• Healthy Life Network - Membership offers a personal medical record and diary, plus access to a forum and chat rooms.
  
• eMedicine Health - Asthma FAQs - Consumer health resource providing a list of answers to commonly asked asthma questions.
  
• About.com: Asthma - Includes articles, links and a forum.
  
• The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand - Offers news, research, and general information, downloadable management plans, and a section for health professionals. Also includes links to other societies.
  
• Mayo Clinic: Asthma - Provides comprehensive information on the condition, treatments, and management.
  
• Principal Health News - Offers news and general information, including symptoms, treatment and management.
  
• National Asthma Campaign - Includes general information, a personal plan, and message board. Offers sections for Health Professionals and Researchers.
  
• Merck: Asthma - Provides parents and children information about this disorder, how to read a peak flow meter, what triggers an attack, and how to control them.
  
• WebMD, Inc. - Includes articles, medication information, news and message boards.
  
• Asthma News in the UK and Ireland - Information about this condition from a UK perspective. Includes news articles, statistics and complementary therapies.
  
  

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