WHAT?
what is asthma?

WHY?
why does asthma occur and what happens during an asthma attack?

SYMPTOMS?
what does it feel like to have an asthma attack?

HOW?
how do doctors help make asthma better?

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Everybody doesn't feel the same things when they have an asthma attack.

• sometimes during an asthma attack, people will cough and cough and cough,
• sometimes during an asthma attack, people feel like they can't catch their breath,
• sometimes during an asthma attack, people feel like air is trapped in their lungs and they can't get it out,
• sometimes during an asthma attack, people have pain in their chest,
• sometimes during an asthma attack, people have very noisy breathing,

People who have asthma sometimes have trouble breathing. When people who have asthma have this trouble breathing, we call it an asthma attack. Lots of people have asthma attacks, even the two girls just below. Click on their pictures to hear what they feel like when they have an asthma attack.