Nine year old Evan Smith was diagnosed as having Asthma at a
young age. He is able to manage his Asthma and participate in
sports without any trouble. "He can do pretty much anything, he
skates, he plays hockey, he hikes, he's very active," says
Evan's father Curtis Smith. Dr. Faoud Ishmael with the Allergy
and Immunology department at Penn State Hershey Medical Center
says with proper medical care, preventative treatment and trying
to limit triggers, people with Asthma can live a normal life.
Dr. Ishmael says, "in children that have persistent asthma that
may be more severe sometimes we have to put them on a controller
medicine like one of the inhalers on an everyday basis to
control symptoms. So it's a combination of both medical
treatment as well as well as avoiding the riggers when we can."
Bronchial asthma; Exercise-induced asthma Asthma is caused by
inflammation in the airways. When an asthma attack occurs, the
muscles surrounding the airways become tight and the lining of
the air passages swells. This