Questions tagged [asthma]

Asthmatics are encouraged to keep a peak flow dairy, which records the scores of their peak expiratory flow measured twice daily; once in the morning and once in the evening. They are instructed to take the measurement three times and record the…

Sometimes asthma attacks can go away on it's own. Let's assume you have a very mild attack that doesn't prevent your daily activities. Maybe it was triggered by cold air and you know that it's likely to pass after a night or a couple of hours. You…

What is the up to date art of knowledge about precise molecular mechanisms in asthma condition ? Were there disvovery of new mechamisms in the last decade or so ? Is it known why does the bronchi tissu alteration cannot be reversed ? I guess the…