What is Asthma?
Asthma is a serious chronic disease of the airways and in the lungs with symptoms that can change from day to day. While there is no cure for asthma, it can be controlled with proper medicines and care. Children with a family history of asthma have an increased chance of developing asthma. Asthma is also more common in children who have allergies or who are exposed to tobacco smoke. Children with asthma can live normal, active lives.
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Who gets Asthma?
Asthma is very common. It is hard to know the exact number of people with asthma. Asthma affects 12-15 million Americans, including approximately 10%-12% of children under age 18. It is estimated that 31.3 million Americans have been diagnosed with asthma at some point in their life. It is estimated that 6.3 million children under age 18 have asthma and 4 million had an asthma exacerbation that year.

Goals of asthma treatment
When treating asthma, it is important to remember the ultimate goals of asthma treatment.  These are:
-        Asthma should be controlled
-        Symptoms should seldom occur
-        Attacks should happen less often
-        Normal activities, eg. sleep, should be tolerated without interruption and without warning signs or symptoms.

What causes an Asthma attack?
There are things that can make asthma symptoms worse and lead to asthma attacks. Some of the more common things that can worsen your asthma symptoms are exercise, allergens, irritants, and viral infections. Some people only have asthma with exercise or a viral infection. The lists below give some examples of things that can worsen asthma symptoms.
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