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2. Pathophysiology of asthma - Wikipedia

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   GERD may be common in difficult-to-control asthma, but according to one study, treating it does not seem to affect the asthma. [33] When there is a clinical suspicion for GERD as the cause of the asthma, an Esophageal pH Monitoring is required to confirm the diagnosis and establish the relationship between GERD and asthma.

3. Asthma - Wikipedia

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   In contrast adult women have a higher rate of asthma than men [21] and it is more common in the young than the old. [20] In 2010, children with asthma experienced over 900,000 emergency department visits, making it the most common reason for admission to the hospital following an emergency department visit in the US in 2011. [286] [287]

4. Acute severe asthma - Wikipedia

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   Asthma is caused by multiple genes, some having protective effect, with each gene having its own tendency to be influenced by the environment although a genetic link leading to acute severe asthma is still unknown. [3] Symptoms include chest tightness, rapidly progressive dyspnea (shortness of breath), dry cough, use of accessory respiratory ...

5. Asthma-COPD overlap - Wikipedia

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   ACO presents with symptoms of both asthma and COPD. [1] ACO presents in adulthood, usually after the age of 40 (after there has been significant tobacco smoke or other toxic fumes exposure), with symptoms of dyspnea (shortness of breath), exercise intolerance, sputum production, cough and episodes of symptomatic worsening known as exacerbations.

6. What is an asthma spacer device and how do you use it? - AOL

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   A spacer is a device designed to make an asthma inhaler easier to use. ... This makes the medicine more effective and reduces the side effects that may occur from inhaling the medicine into the ...

7. Exhaled nitric oxide - Wikipedia

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   The role for eNO in other conditions is even less well established compared to asthma. Since asthma can be a cause of chronic coughing (it may even be the sole manifestation, such as in cough-variant asthma), studies have looked at whether eNO can be used in the diagnosis of chronic cough. [18] [19] [20] [21]