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

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