The many causes of asthma and how to deal with them

Dealing with exercise asthma
Exercise is one of the common causes of asthma attacks. You may have exercise induced asthma if you exhibit symptoms of the disease when exercising (or immediately after exercising.) Common symptoms may include shortness of breath, wheezing, coughing and more. This article looks at the physiological changes to your airways and lungs that occur when you have an attack, the causative factors that go into those changes and several practical ways you can deal with or prevent such attacks.

Asthma types and their causes
Although most asthma attacks tend to show similar symptoms (shortness of breath, wheezing, etc), there are a few distinct types of asthma. An understanding of different asthma types is useful in disease management.

What happens during an asthma attack?
The symptoms of an attack are well known to anyone who has experienced one in any form. Here's what happens within the body that causes those distressing difficulties.