Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children, although the prevalence and severity of asthma in the last 30 years varies based on country income, region, and center. Nevertheless, the worldwide burden of severe asthma is definitely high. …

Respiratory diseases are one of the most common reasons for consultation and one of the first steps to take is to discover if it is an obstructive or restrictive lung disease. Obstructive lung diseases are the most common and include disorders of the airways. …

The human body is very intelligently designed such that it contains natural mechanisms to eliminate irritants. If nasty bacteria get in your system, your white blood cells do their best to try to stop them before they wreak havoc. …

Every year, with efficacy and safety, research and development efforts tirelessly conceive new drugs and other medical treatments to benefit patients. However, in some instances, prescribed drugs do not provide the therapeutic effect that regulators approved it for. The placebo effect is likely a remarkably familiar medical term. Concisely, it…

The COVID-19 pandemic stirred worldwide unrest because of the rapid spread of an unknown and deadly virus. Every day, we would see the news regarding the accelerated increase in infected individuals and the accompanying death rate. To fight off such a novel respiratory disease, authorities and health workers test potentially…

The pandemic is almost two years old. Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, we have experienced several variants, different lockdown conditions, and maybe even lost loved ones in the process. The silver lining here is that we now know much more about this disease and have developed life-saving vaccines. These vaccines…

Coughing is our body’s way of preventing foreign substances from reaching our lungs. Without this reflex, we would probably get sick often. Cough is not necessarily an illness in itself but a symptom of an underlying condition. There are many ways to discuss cough. …