Asthma

Which of the following is a true statement about asthma?

• Asthma attacks can be triggered by weight loss

• Asthma is caused by a virus

• Asthma is caused by harmful bacteria

• Asthma is fairly common condition

What is the direct cause of asthma attacks?

• Blood clots in the trachea

• Swelling and excess mucous in the airways

• Excess fluid in the air sacs

• Infection of the lungs

Which of these can trigger an asthma attack?

• Sleepiness

• Clean, dry air

• Drinking a lot of water

• Intense anger or stress

In what way is an asthma attack similar to a heart attack?

• Both are caused by eating too many sugary, fatty foods

• Both involve the constriction of an internal passageway

• Both usually result in death

• Both are caused by exposure to air pollution

Asthma is a condition that affects air entering and leaving the lungs. You may have looked at a model demonstrating what happens during an asthma attack. It might have looked like the diagram opposite. A student carried out two tests with this model. Test 1 used a plastic tube that had a 1/2 inch wide opening. Test 2 used a plastic tube with a narrower one-eighth inch wide opening. What happened to the blue balloon when the red balloon was pulled downwards in the direction shown?

• The blue balloon inflated the same with both tubes.

• The blue balloon inflated more with the one-eighth inch wide tube.

• The blue balloon inflated more quickly with the one-half inch wide tube.

• The blue balloon didn’t inflate at all with either tube.

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Most people suffered Asthma because of

• light pollution

• land pollution

• water pollution

• air pollution

• noise pollution

In the phrase, "Inhalers can help people with asthma quell their attacks," what does "quell" mean?

• Subdue

• Intensify

• Ignore

• Forget

Living close to what would be a very bad idea for someone with chronic asthma?

• Rail road

• Open field

• Power plant

• convenience store

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What can you infer from the fact that many superstar athletes have asthma?

• Asthma helps people excel in sports

• Asthma isn't really a serious condition

• With proper care, asthmatics can do basically anything

• Pro athletes can afford to have to have their asthma cured

What is Asthma?

• lung condition where your airways or bronchial tubes narrow and swell

• a obtained disfunction 

• a tumor only in children

• a chronic disorder in the alveoli