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Child asthma sufferer

How to find out if your child has asthma

Feb 16th2010-02-16T10:19:44ZM jS

Posted by Angela Taylor in Child health

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Your doc­tor will nor­mally be able to dia­gnose asthma by ask­ing you about your child’s symp­toms, examin­ing their chest, and listen­ing to their breath­ing. They will want to know about your child’s med­ical his­tory and whether there is a his­tory of aller­gic con­di­tions in your family.

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Child asthma sufferer

Symptoms and causes of asthma in children

Jan 24th2010-01-24T10:00:34ZM jS

Posted by John Newman in Child health

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If your child has asthma, their air­ways are very sens­it­ive to the effects of inflam­ma­tion. As a res­ult, too much mucus is pro­duced and the air­ways swell more than they should. Also, as a response to the inflam­ma­tion, the muscles sur­round­ing the air­ways begin to con­tract, mak­ing the air­ways nar­rower and narrower.

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