Asthma Asthma is a growing problem in the United States. Four years later, in the most recent statistics available, that number had grown to 17 million. Almost a third of those were children. The risk of death is higher for blacks and for males.
Men are one and a half times more likely to die from an asthma attack than women.
All good reasons to recognize the symptoms of asthma and get it treated. What is Asthma Asthma is a disease that affects the air passages in your lungs. The air tubes swell and the muscles around the air tubes tighten. It gets harder and harder to breathe. Drugs One category of drugs, inhaled corticosteroids, control airway inflammation.