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Continuous Asthma
Asthma - occupational exposure; Irritant-induced reactive airways disease
Treatment
Avoiding exposure to the substance that is causing your asthma is the best treatment.
- The best option is to change jobs, but this may be difficult to do.
- Moving to a different location at the job where there is less exposure to the substance may help, but it does not seem to make a difference for many people. Over time, even a very small amount of the substance can trigger an asthma attack.
- Using a...
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