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Asthma Attacks

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http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=22583  External Link

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American Lung Association

Description

Doctors are not exactly certain how you get asthma. But they do know that once you have it, your lungs react to things that can start an asthma attack. This fact sheet describes three types of asthma attacks, including severe, moderate and mild, and the second wave.

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Review Date

9/12/2006