TY - DATA AU - Holgate,Stephen T. ED - Focus Medica Pte Ltd TI - Chronic asthma: An overview, SN - 9789814206121 PY - 2007/// CY - High Street Centre, Singapore PB - Focus Medica pte Ltd KW - Asthma KW - Chronic obstructive pulmonary N1 - Library internal view only; Topic highlights: Symptoms - Inflamed airways - Damaged respiratorysystem - Risk factor - Rhinitis - Diagnosis - Peak flow testing - Treatment - Inhalers N2 - Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways in the lungs. Inflammation leads to narrowing of the airways, which produces wheezing and breathlessness. Asthma can be reversed and responds well to various medications. This disc include animation that describe the type of asthma, sysmptoms, treatment and self help ER -