Allergic asthma
Symptoms

Symptoms: Seizure-like shortness of breath is one of the typical symptoms of asthma. It is caused by a narrowing of the bronchi. In addition, there are often noises when breathing, such as whistling and humming. ...more
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Prevalence: The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Initiative for Asthma estimate the number of affected people at between 230 and 300 million. This makes asthma one of the most common diseases in the world. …more
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Diagnosis: A description of the symptoms gives the doctor an initial clue for diagnosing the disease. In addition, there is a physical examination, a simple lung function test and allergy tests.