About Asthma

KEY POINTS Asthma is a disease that affects your lungs. It is one of the most common long-term diseases of children, but adults can have asthma, too. Asthma causes wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing at night or early in the morning. Symptoms Asthma causes wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing at night or early […]

Learn How To Control Asthma

On This Page What is Asthma? How Can You Tell if You Have Asthma? What Is an Asthma Attack? What Causes an Asthma Attack? How Is Asthma Treated? Select a Language What Is Asthma? Asthma is a disease that affects your lungs. It is one of the most common long-term diseases of children, but adults […]

Learn How To Control Asthma

What Is Asthma? Asthma is a disease that affects your lungs. It is one of the most common long-term diseases of children, but adults can have asthma, too. Asthma causes wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing at night or early in the morning. If you have asthma, you have it all the time, but you […]

When to Go to the ER if Your Child Has Asthma

Reviewed by: Aledie A. Navas, MD Pulmonology at Nemours Children’s Health en españolCuándo acudir a un servicio de urgencias si su hijo tiene asma What’s an Asthma Emergency? As a parent of a child with asthma, you want to avoid the emergency room (ER) as much as possible. But it’s also important to know when […]