Health Matters. Asthma Myths VS Facts with Professor Claudia Gray.

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Asthma is a complex disease.
We know it affects the lungs - causing wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing. We also know it is one of the most common long-term diseases affecting children, but that adults can have asthma too. So what don't we know about it - or more importantly, what do we THINK we know, that simply isn't true?
In Health Matters this week we're joined by Professor Claudia Gray, a specialist paediatric-allergist, to dispel some common asthma myths.
4 Oct 2021 English South Africa Health & Fitness

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