Open Airways and Deep Breaths: An Overview of Asthma Prevention, Treatment, and Management

By: Scaglia, Beatriz

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Characterized by gasps, wheezing, coughing and shortness of breath, asthma is a common chronic inflammatory disease of the airways. As a chronic disease, asthma can be controlled but not cured. Asthma attacks, however, can be prevented or managed by avoiding trigger factors. Also used in management are drug treatments such as inhaled corticosteroids. An estimated 300 million people worldwide suffer from asthma.

This book explores the signs and symptoms of asthma, the known causes and the exacerbating environmental factors leading to asthma attacks. Also included are the pathophysiology of asthma, long-term management and complementary medicine options.

Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1240938446
• ISBN13: 9781240938445
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Webster's Digital Services
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.4" x 9.7"