Educational resource
Asthma
Evidence-based information to help you understand your condition.
Asthma is a long-term lung condition. It affects the airways (breathing tubes) that carry air in and out of your lungs, causing them to become swollen (inflamed). This makes the airways narrower so less air gets into and out of the lungs.
Asthma is a common condition. In the UK, 7.2 million people have asthma. This is about 8 in every 100 people.
People with asthma can get symptoms like wheezing, breathlessness, a cough or a tight chest. Sometimes symptoms can get worse quickly. This is an asthma attack.
Symptoms can be triggered by things like exercise, allergens or changes in weather. There are lots of potential triggers and everyone with asthma will have their own set of triggers.
Learn more:
asthmaandlung.org.uk