Asthma-Description

Asthma is a condition that affects people's breathing, and cut off air supply. This is where the air tubes narrow and make it difficult to breathe.

Asthma dates back to 3,500 years ago by Egyptian hieroglyphics. 2,400 years ago Hippocrates (Greek scholar) first used the term "asthma". Doctors now have created medicine and inhalers to help this disorder.



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more info: http://kidshealth.org/parent/asthma_center/words_know/asthma.html

Asthma