Asthma Asthma is the leading cause of student absentee in America. Asthma is a respiratory disease. It can be found in adults, but children are at a much higher risk of contracting this disease some of the symptoms are breathlessness and a tightening in the chest. It can be chronic, which means you live with this everyday or just temporary. Either form can be life threatening to you. An asthma attack is when your lungs …
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…have had a higher increase in the death poll between 1982 and 1995, when 40% of America had mortality ratings. Today thanks to many people, asthma is now controllable and avoidable. Without the deaths of so many we could not have saved so many in exchange. Asthma is not something to fear but something to embrace, besides it gets you out of gym class! Hopefully you will accept you asthma and live a full life being in control.