While the exact cause of asthma is unknown, certain genetic factors can increase the risk of developing the disease.

The knowledge of this protein provides researchers with a potential new drug target for mucus obstruction in asthma patients. The study was published in the journal Nature Communications. In ...

This is especially true for people with exercise-induced asthma or EIB. For these people, their asthma symptoms are triggered ...

The usual presentation is with poorly controlled asthma. Patients may also present with expectoration of mucus plugs, hemoptysis, constitutional symptoms and radiological opacities. Patients may ...

Those with asthma should try to stay indoors during extreme cold, especially when temperatures dip below 10 degrees ...

Black Americans have a higher likelihood of having asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) but may not know it. Here’s what you ...

Expert pulmonologists share essential guidelines on distinguishing normal coughs from dangerous ones, plus effective home ...

Research suggests that the prevalence of asthma among schoolchildren is high, standing at 19.8%, while the prevalence among ...

Asthma is a lung condition that can make your airways swell, narrow, and fill with mucus. "This causes recurrent episodes of coughing, wheezing, and chest tightness," says Dr. Laura Conrad ...

Adapted with permission from [7]. Case 1: A 51-year-old patient with asthma diagnosed 9 years ago presents with fever, expectoration of mucus plugs and increasing breathlessness. She has been ...