Asthma Basics
What is Asthma?
5 min readMar 1, 2019
Asthma is a disorder that causes the lungs to become inflamed and narrows breathing airways. A person with asthma experiences a whistling or squeaking sound when they breathe, known as wheezing. Asthma occurs at many ages but especially appears to start during childhood. Coughing becomes worse in the morning or at night.