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Health Tip: Learn Your Risk for Asthma
By LadyLively on July 27, 2017
Asthma can begin at any age, but it usually starts in childhood.
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute says risk factors for developing asthma include:
- Having frequent respiratory infections and wheezing.
- Having a parent with asthma.
- Having allergies.
- Having eczema.
- Being a boy or an adult woman.
- Working in an environment with dust and chemicals.
Source: HealthDay
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