Asthma

Steps to a Healthier Cleveland is the Cleveland Department of Public Health program that works to prevent asthma and to promote healthy asthma self-management. Click here to learn more about asthma triggers, managing your asthma, and preventing asthma.

Asthma is a chronic disease that affects your airways. The airways are the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs. If you have asthma, the inside walls of your airways are inflamed or swollen. This swelling makes the airways very sensitive, and they tend to react strongly to things that you are allergic to or find irritating. When the airways react, they get narrower, and less air flows through to your lung tissue. This causes symptoms like wheezing (a whistling sound when you breathe), coughing, chest tightness, and trouble breathing.

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