Mayo Clinic QampA podcast Asthma management planning can prevent asthma attacks

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Asthma is a condition where your airways narrow and swell and may produce extra mucus. This can make breathing difficult, and trigger coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath. • Asthma is one of the most common long-term diseases in children, but adults can have asthma, too. Symptoms of asthma include: • Shortness of breath. • Chest tightness or pain. • Wheezing when exhaling, which is a common sign of asthma in children. • Trouble sleeping caused by shortness of breath, coughing or wheezing. • Coughing or wheezing attacks worsened by a respiratory virus, such as a cold or the flu. • People with asthma have an irritable, hyperresponsive airway, says Dr. John Costello, a consultant pulmonologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London. Many asthmatics will tell you that if they laugh, or if there's strong fumes from the back of a car or something like that, that will make them cough much more easily than a normal person. • For some people, asthma is just a minor nuisance. For others, it can be a major problem that interferes with daily activities and may lead to a life-threatening asthma attack. Maintaining good day-to-day asthma control is the key to keeping symptoms at bay and preventing asthma attacks. • On the Mayo Clinic Q A podcast, Dr. Costello discusses how to manage asthma in adults. • For the safety of its patients, staff and visitors, Mayo Clinic has strict masking policies in place. Anyone shown without a mask was recorded prior to COVID-19 or recorded in an area not designated for patient care, where social distancing and other safety protocols were followed. • ___________________________________________ • FOR THE PUBLIC: More health and medical news on the Mayo Clinic News Network. https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/ • FOR THE MEDIA ONLY: Register at https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/re... to access clean and nat sound versions of this video on the Mayo Clinic News Network. https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/

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