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Asthma guidelines

• National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart
Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI).

• National Asthma Education and Prevention Program
Guidelines (NAEPP).

• NAEPP Expert Panel Report
• NIH Publication 08-5846. July 2007. Available at

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/guidelines-for-
diagnosis-management-of-asthma. Accessed August 23,
2020.
• Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA): Global Strategy for
Asthma Management and Prevention 2020. Available at
www.ginasthma.org/. Accessed August 23, 2020.

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What causes asthma?
What are the asthma triggers?

• Asthma is caused by inhaling an allergen that
sets off the chain of biochemical and tissue
changes leading to airway inflammation,
bronchoconstriction, and wheezing.

• Many risk factors have been linked to triggering
asthma attacks. (next slides)

• There are two basic types of asthma triggers,
allergic triggers, non-allergic triggers.

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