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Does Asthma Show Up On X-rays?
A reader wants to know if asthma flares can be seen on common chest X-rays. According to CNN's Dr. Jennifer Shu, asthma itself cannot be seen on this type of scan, but medical problems that mimic asthma symptoms can. Shu goes on to discuss the best ways that asthma really can be diagnosed.
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Asthmatics: Here's What to Expect if You Need the ER
There may come a time in the course of your life that you may need to take your asthmatic lungs to the emergency room. Many of us have... Read more »
Is It Asthma? Here's How to Find Out
So you or your child are having asthma-like symptoms lately and now you're wondering if it's asthma. You've called a doctor and made... Read more »
Asthma Camps for Asthmatic Children
I spent six happy summers at sleep away camp in the hills of rural Pennsylvania. What wasn't so happy was being allergic and asthmatic... Read more »
Does Air Pollution Cause Asthma?
With asthma rates increasing, and pollution on the forefront of our minds, many of us like to blame pollution for the rise in asthma... Read more »
Asthma & the Older Adult Series: Getting the Right Diagnosis
For most of this century, asthma has largely been thought of as a kids' disease. And, while it's true that more than 6 million kids in the... Read more »
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Asthma Asthma Diagnosis and Tests
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
When asthma is suspected, the patient should describe for the doctor any pattern related to the symptoms, and possible precipitating factors,... Read more »
Asthma
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Bronchial asthma; Exercise-induced asthma Symptoms Most people with asthma have attacks separated by symptom-free periods. Some people... Read more »
Asthma In Infants
What is asthma? Asthma is a disease in which the airways become blocked or narrowed. These effects are usually temporary, but they cause shortness of... Read more »
Asthma
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways within the lungs that affects over 17 million people in the United States.The lung is the... Read more »
Chest X-ray
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Chest radiography; Serial chest x-ray; X-ray - chestNormal ValuesWhat abnormal results meanAbnormal results may be due to may things, including the... Read more »
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