Children & Asthma Many different asthma “triggers” can cause this to happen. Some common “triggers” are: Hard exercises that make you breathe really fast Dust in your house Dirty air outside Bad weather Allergies Emotions, if you get really excited, mad or scared can cause an asthma attack.
Asthma is a disease
that causes your airways -tubes in the lungs that you breathe through- to get swollen. That means when you breathe in, your lungs get all tight, and make thick, sticky stuff called “mucus.”
When you have an asthma attack, it
A Health & Wellness Guide to Managing your Asthma
becomes hard to breathe, and it almost feels like an elephant is sitting on your chest.
Marc Ajero NURS370
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