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There are those athletes who suffer from asthma immediately after the termination
of sports career. Unfortunately, among the athletes who take medication for asthma,
there are those who cheat the sport authorities. The medicine for asthma is classified
as a doping agent, and it can be used during the competition only by those athletes
who have a medical certificate of illness. Unfortunately, wishing to win, some athletes
pretend to be patients. But what they do not know is that these medications are not

safe for health, especially for healthy people.

I hope I’ve at least partly answered the question that is often asked: whether people
with asthma can take up sports and which ones are suitable. I also hope that I have
helped to complete the understanding of the disease and thus facilitate the exercising
for people suffering from asthma. Martial arts coaches, parents, and their children,
people with asthma, it is useful to be informed about the disease so that the asthma
attack would not surprise you. Be prepared, because the martial arts teach that noth-
ing should surprise us!

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