Asthma

A 19 year-old female swimmer comes to your sports medicine consultation, because she has been struggling with breathing at higher intensities since 3 months. The dyspnea mostly occurs during sustained..

Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) describes the frequent phenomenon of airway narrowing during or after exercise. EIB is a characteristic of asthma in some patients but might develop in athletes without asthma,..

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways affecting approximately 300 million people worldwide. Asthma causes recurrent episodes of wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing, typically occurring..