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Asthma

Asthma | Symptoms & Signs | Diagnosis & Tests | Prevention & Expectations | Treatment & Monitoring

What are the signs and symptoms of the disease?

Following are the main symptoms of asthma:

  • coughing
  • production of excess mucus
  • shortness of breath
  • tightness in the chest
  • wheezing
  • Some people have all of these asthma symptoms. Others have just a few or only one. Symptoms often get worse in the early morning and during the night.


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    Asthma: Diagnosis & Tests

    Author: Nina Sherak, MS, CHES
    Reviewer: Eileen McLaughlin, RN, BSN
    Date Reviewed: 09/18/01



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