Directions: Read the following short articles about asthma and answer the questions that follow.
Asthma Readings and Questions
- Describe the difference between the airways of someone with asthma and someone without asthma.
- List two inherited causes of asthma and two environmental causes of asthma. Make sure that it is clear which is which!
- Explain the “hygiene hypothesis”.
- What is second hand smoke?
- Why are children more at risk than adults from second-hand smoke?