The history of asthma...
By dante1067
@dante1067 (26)
September 5, 2008 8:30am CST
Does anybody know how long asthma has been around for and if for a long time what medications were used? I've had asthma all my life and I can imagine how scary it must have been for kids a hundred years ago if they didn't have anything to help them. Or is it a recent thing because people today are so obsessed with cleanliness that some people have lost their intollerance to things that trigger their asthma.
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@hildas (3031)
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22 Oct 08
Hi, Its been around for thousands of years. The Greeks named it that as it means 'difficulty breathing'. Im 38yrs and remember as a child you where given syrups instead of inhalers.
