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Asthma

See if you know the truth about this often misunderstood condition: The role of exercise, medications...even emotions.

1. Asthma is a common disease among children and adults in the United States.

2. Asthma is an emotional or psychological illness.

3. The way that parents raise their children can cause asthma.

4. Asthma episodes cause breathing problems, but these episodes are not really harmful or dangerous.

5. Asthma episodes usually occur suddenly without warning.

6. Many different things can bring on an asthma episode.

7. Asthma cannot be cured, but it can be controlled.

8. There are different types of medicine to control asthma.

9. People with asthma have no way to monitor how well their lungs are functioning.

10. Both children and adults can have asthma.

11. Tobacco smoke can make an asthma episode worse.

12. People with asthma should not exercise.

Last updated February 02, 2012

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