asthma

[ˈæzmə]

Definition:
1. Respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin.
2. A medical condition of the chest that makes breathing difficult.

Use 'asthma' in a sentence:

1. Dust makes my asthma worse.
2. Asthma causes him great difficulty in breathing.
3. Through resources such as evidence-based guidelines and events such as the annual World Asthma Day, GINA is working to improve the lives of people with asthma.
4. Matt Hunt said he was "very proud" of his son because when the boy gets an idea, he keeps his head down and gets on with it, and he really does want to do some good and stop young kids from getting asthma.
5. The goal of asthma therapy is to achieve disease control.
6. We have only asthma.
7. Like diabetes or asthma, this illness can happen to anyone due to stress.
8. One GP has charted a dramatic rise in local childhood asthma since the M25 was built nearby.
9. Bad air quality can contribute to many health problems such as asthma, and improperly discarded garbage can spread bacteria that are dangerous to health.
10. Another aspect of this problem is controlling asthma among children in these groups.
11. Recent research on asthma has produced some interesting findings.
12. Research suggests that while an unmade bed may look scruffy, it is also unappealing to house dust mites thought to cause asthma and other allergies.
13. Some respiratory symptoms can be the forerunners of asthma.
14. Poor manganese may cause dwarfism, anemia, bronchial asthma, Parkinson's disease, child amentia, tumor, et al.
15. People spend over 90 percent of their lives indoors. And the economic burden of asthma exceeds that of HIV and tuberculosis combined.
16. Hot weather worsens air pollution by turning car exhaust into smog, which can make life miserable for people with asthma and other breathing problems.
17. He suffers from asthma.
18. My friend has asthma.
19. So Julie's going to her doctor's office to get treated for her asthma. And the doctor has her sit down, and he takes her peak expiratory flow rate--which is essentially her exhalation rate, or the amount of air that she can breathe out in one breath.
20. The zones do deliver some improvements to air quality, and the science tells us that means real health benefits—fewer heart attacks, strokes and premature births, less cancer, dementia and asthma.
21. For example, the number of children with asthma has dropped by around 20%.
22. Most people do not have to be hospitalized for asthma or pneumonia.
23. Tom has since reported the shocking findings to the government in an attempt to emphasise that babies are at higher risk of developing asthma.
24. Allergy to cats is one of the commonest causes of asthma.
25. A Report about the System Administration of 68 Cases in Children with Asthma.
26. A sufficient depth of anesthesia before intubation of the trachea of a person with bronchial asthma minimizes the risk of hyperreactive airway reflexes leading to bronchospasm.
27. Chest pain and stuffiness, palpitation, ischemia of coronary artery, asthma, hiccup, etc.
28. So I want you to imagine that you're in Julie's shoes, or someone who's really close to you who suffers from asthma or another lung disorder.
29. Hospital admissions for asthma attacks have doubled.
30. The Experimental Study for the Role of Stem Cell Factor in Asthma.
31. Besides nose-related symptoms, it can also lead to lung disease, asthma, anxiety and depression if not controlled properly, according to experts.
32. He's got another attack of asthma.
33. Compensation is available for people who have developed asthma as a direct result of their work.
34. So I'm very passionate about this research and I really want to continue it and expand it to more disorders besides asthma, more respiratory disorders, as well as more pollutants.
35. Soot pollution can irritate the lungs, worsen conditions like asthma and increase the risks of heart attacks and premature death.
36. The drug is set to become the treatment of choice for asthma worldwide.
37. Asthma drugs are not addictive and you don't need to keep increasing the dose. If anything, the reverse is true.
38. One doctor has charted a dramatic rise in local childhood asthma since the road was built.
39. The gene for asthma has been identified.
40. This drug is contraindicated in patients with asthma.
41. The coughing with asthma can occur during the day or at night.
42. Pollution can aggravate asthma.
43. She suffers from bronchial asthma.
44. Asthma, a bronchial condition, is much less common ailment than hay fever, an allergic inflammation of the nasal passages.
45. Its presence in allergic asthma is well known.
46. She had a severe attack of asthma and it took an hour to recover her breath.
47. Frequently sufferers of this kind of allergy are also sufferers of asthma.
48. Her son developed asthma when he was two.
49. It had brought on an attack of asthma.