According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 6 million children have asthma in the United States. Jennifer Couceyro, Advanced Registered Nurses Practitioner with Baptist Children’s Hospital, explains the difference between asthma in kids and adults is that the bronchioles and the whole respiratory tract in children are smaller than they are…...

Some of the signs and symptoms of asthma in children are frequent coughing, a chronic cough, less energy during play, rapid breathing, chest tightness, wheezing, loss of breath, and tightened neck and chest muscles. Jennifer Couceyro, Advanced Registered Nurses Practitioner with Baptist Children’s Hospital, says asthma can vary in children depending on their age and…...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, between 2001 and 2009, people diagnosed with asthma grew by more than 4 million. Dr. Rodney Benjamin, Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine Physician with South Miami Hospital, says the increased numbers of asthma is probably just a better identification: "The state of the knowledge on asthma…...

Dr. Raul Valor, Pulmonologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explains an asthmatic airway during an asthma attack has an extreme narrowing of the lumen, and the amount of air that can get through is less than one third of what it is in a normal airway. He also points out asthma can be life-threatening. He…...

Dr. Mario Zambrano, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician with Homestead Hospital, says if you do not follow a treatment plan, asthma can get worse with time. He highlights it is important to use the medications, like inhaled steroids, which have a bad connotation, but they help to avoid asthma attacks. He also explains the symptom of…...

Dr. Rodney Benjamin, Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine Physician with South Miami Hospital, explains asthma is inflammation of the airways, the pipes that carry the air from your mouth to the air sacs, where gas exchange takes place. "When you have inflammation of those tubes it causes three things: cough; wheezing, a noise that's made…...

Dry coughing, sleep disturbances, frequent yawning and sighing, heartburn, and fatigue are some of the symptoms of asthma. Dr. Raul Valor, Pulmonologist with Baptist Health South Florida, says people with asthma have a cough that sounds bronchial in nature. He explains patients who have asthma have a certain degree of anxiety and they may have…...

Young boys, adult women, people with allergies, certain ethnicities, and people with certain jobs are at risk for asthma. Dr. Raul Valor, Pulmonologist with Baptist Health South Florida, says statistically young boys and adult women are the most commonly affected. He also explains not all asthma is allergic, but there is an association of allergies…...