Experts believe that 12 million Americans suffer from asthma each year. This number continues to rise each year with about 1 million new cases. The death rate associated with asthma has increased also to about 31 percent. Even though there are more and better drugs available to treat asthma, these numbers continue to grow. The debate over why the fatalities are growing is still not clear. In 1990 alone the cost of asthma related illness was estimated at $6.2 billion. And each year this number increases as well.
Asthma is a common disease that effects the lungs. It involves reversible blockage of the airways and chronic inflammation. Narrowing of the bronchial tube causes the blockage. Inflammatio
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