Essay on Asthma

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Subject Area:Biology

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) it is recorded that as at the year 2007, over 300 million individuals suffered from asthma. Additionally, the disease accounts for a relatively significant number of deaths (mortality rate) on a global index. Given that the disease does not have a permanent cure but rather a treatment that only manages or rather controls the symptoms, there is the need for a preventive and informative advocacy regarding the disease and its health implications. Asthma is a respiratory disease that is characterized by the swelling hence the narrowing of the respiratory airway. This then leads to the causation of breathing difficulties and consequently leads to the asthmatic attack (Mayo Clinic, n. As mentioned above, asthma attacks are the common defining symptoms of the disease. The attacks can be caused due to a number of reasons.

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