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Asthma : Complications

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Complications could include:
The complications of asthma can be severe. Some include: Death; Decreased ability to exercise and take part in other activities; Lack of sleep due to nighttime symptoms; Permanent changes in the function of the lungs; Persistent cough; Trouble bre...
Source:ADAM
Date:January 9, 2009
There is currently no cure for asthma. Proper treatment and management has dramatically improved the quality of life for individuals with asthma. When medication is utilized properly, the prognosis for most asthmatics is excellent. An improvement ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part II
Although there is no cure for asthma, it can be treated and managed. Most patients with asthma respond well and are able to lead relatively normal lives when the best drug or combination of drugs is found. Asthma should not be a progressive, disab...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Most patients with asthma respond well when the best drug or combination of drugs is found, and they are able to lead relatively normal lives. More than half of affected children stop having attacks by the time they reach 21 years of age. Many oth...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Once the best drug or combination of drugs is found, most patients with asthma respond well and are able to lead relatively normal lives. More than half of affected children stop having attacks by the time they reach twenty-one. Many others have l...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
More than half of all asthma cases resolve by young adulthood, but chronic infection, pollution, cigarette smoke, and chronic allergen exposure are factors which make resolution less likely. Small infants and toddlers who have persistent wheezing ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
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