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Overview of Asthma Attack

Dr. Mario Zambrano, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician with Homestead Hospital, explains we have large and small airways, and asthma typically affects the small airways, it causes bronchospasm. He also says an asthma attack is triggered by different environmental things or allergens, and it can cause you to restrict your airway and have difficulty breathing.

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