During an asthma attack, your airways swell, become inflamed, and produce extra mucus. As the muscles around your airways contract, your bronchial tubes narrow. You may cough or wheeze and find it ...

Learn life-saving techniques to manage an asthma attack when your inhaler isn't available, from breathing methods to ...

and vitamin E—play a role in not only the development of asthma but also the severity and frequency of asthma attacks. The link, though, between asthma and vitamin deficiencies—and whether vitamin ...

Ryan Keys had his 'whole life ahead of him' before he died at Birmingham Children's Hospital surrounded by his loved ones ...

JoSuan is now 14. He doesn’t play basketball or participate in outside activities like he used to. The things that trigger an ...

A new report ranks Dallas as one of the most challenging places to live with seasonal allergies. A North Texas doctor ...

Asthma attacks can be life threatening. If you have allergic asthma, exposure to specific allergens, such as pollen, pet dander, or irritants like tobacco smoke, can trigger your symptoms.

Smoking can also cause airway remodeling, a process in which lung tissue increases in thickness or volume, making normal lung function difficult. Secondhand smoke can also trigger asthma attacks in ...

UPMC Children’s Community Pediatrics is seeing an increase in cases of a viral stomach bug, viral sore throats and allergies.

New therapeutic "cocktails" could offer long-lasting relief for treatment-resistant asthma and other inflammatory diseases of ...