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There are tens of thousands of people who are affected by asthma in their lives. Because of the large number of people who are affected there are also a large number of that are urban legends. Is it fact or is fiction? You may be surprised by the answers. Myth about asthma number one: Asthma is all in your head. FALSE! Although asthma was once treated as a psychological illness, researchers and scientists have proven that asthma results in consistent physical changes in the bronchioles and alveoli of the lungs. Doctors were once slow to treat asthma. Unfortunately even mild asthma, left untreated, will result in pulmonary hypertension and heart damage. Although asthma is exacerbated by psychological triggers such as emotional stress it is not caused by the emotional stress. Myth about asthma number two: Asthmatics out grow their condition. FALSE! Asthma is a condition that is not outgrown and not cured. In fact there are adults who develop asthma after the age of 20. Asthma can be cont...

Asthma is a chronic condition that is treatable and controllable but definitely not curable. Sufferers often describe the feeling as a metal band squeezing their chest. The traditional model of managing patient care doesn't work for complicated chronic problems like asthma. A more creative way of management is to provide a disease manager or who helps a roster of children with asthma through their treatment plans. Millions of American children suffer from asthma and only within the past 10 years have physicians found adequate ways of controlling this condition. Unfortunately both children and adults today dont always get the right treatment because many people don't realize that asthma requires two types of medication to adequately control the condition. Think of the lungs as being too irritable and when they are exposed to a trigger such as pet dander or smoke the muscle fibers around the bronchioles constrict causing the wheezing sound that is so indicative of asthma. Rescue ...