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Asthma is a chronic (long-term) lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways. Asthma causes recurring periods of wheezing (a whistling sound when you breathe), chest tightness, shortness of breath, and coughing.
For General Audiences
Asthma—Part 1. Broken into three parts, this module describes this chronic lung disease. Part 1 presents the signs and symptoms, causes, diagnosis and control and treatment in adults and children.
Asthma—Part 2. Part 2 details an asthma action plan, with a focus on factors to watch out for as well as short- and long-term medicines used in treatment.
Asthma—Part 3. Part 3 teaches how to manage asthma if it worsens and discusses ways to prevent and live with it.
Asthma—Part 1 (Express) A Guide for Grass Roots Audiences: This module describes asthma, symptoms, causes, diagnosis and diagnostic testing.
Asma—Parte 1 (Expreso) (Spanish)
Asthma—Part 2 (Express) A Guide for Grass Roots Audiences: This module describes diagnosing asthma in children, control and treatment, medicines for asthma and tracking and recording your asthma.
Asma—Parte 2 (Expreso) (Spanish)
Asthma—Part 3 (Express) A Guide for Grass Roots Audiences: This module describes asthma checkups, emergency care, asthma treatment for special groups, asthma symptoms that increase with physical exertion, controlling asthma, signs that asthma is getting worse and managing asthma.