One in 13 Americans have asthma, a condition that causes your airways to swell and makes it harder for you to breathe. When you have an asthma attack, symptoms like coughing or having trouble ...

What Is an Asthma Attack? An asthma attack is a sudden worsening of asthma symptoms caused by the tightening of muscles around your airways. This tightening is called a bronchospasm. During the ...

Learn what happens inside the body during an asthma attack and why treatments help prevent or reverse the effects.

Learn life-saving techniques to manage an asthma attack when your inhaler isn't available, from breathing methods to positioning tricks that buy precious time. Skip to content. News; ...

Status asthmaticus is respiratory failure that comes with the worst form of acute severe asthma, or an asthma attack. If an attack comes on quickly and it doesn’t respond to regular treatment ...

Laughter is more likely to trigger an asthma attack in a child than exercise or smog, according to an Australian study. Richard Henry and colleagues at the University of New South Wales analysed ...

An asthma attack is much more than just feeling winded after exercise and needing to catch your breath. Asthma is a chronic condition that affects 25 million people in the U.S. and involves the ...

An asthma attack can progress from manageable to deadly without immediate and effective treatments Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, covering everything from the NFL to tennis ...

An asthma attack is a sudden worsening of asthma symptoms caused by inflammation and a narrowing of the airways. This can make breathing difficult and, in severe cases, be life-threatening. Asthma ...