HOMEPAGE
Asthma: Airways That are Hyperactive by Design, by B. Oliver, J. Black (IMAGE): https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Asthma%3A-Airways-That-Are-Hyperactive-by-Design.-Oliver-Black/41452e7885efc9fd3d7b2566a5375187d5dc260a/figure/0
Charleston Allergy + Asthma (IMAGE): https://charlestonallergy.com/what-we-do/what-we-treat/asthma/
MDedge (IMAGE): https://cdn.mdedge.com/files/s3fs-public/asthma_histology_asthmatic_lung_main.jpg
Asthma Pathology Image (IMAGE): https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DLO8kAfX0AI_HXw?format=jpg&name=medium
SIGNS & SYMPTOMS
Houston Methodist Leading Medicine - Shortness of Breath: https://www.houstonmethodist.org/blog/articles/2021/jul/what-does-shortness-of-breath-feel-like-and-when-is-it-serious/#:~:text=Shortness%20of%20breath%20occurs%20when,term%20consequences%20to%20your%20health.
Very Well Health - Chest Tightness or Pain: https://www.verywellhealth.com/chest-tightness-and-asthma-asthma-or-something-else-200605#:~:text=Chest%20tightness%20is%20a%20common,serious%20heart%20and%20lung%20problems.
NIH - Wheezing When Exhaling: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK358/#:~:text=Wheezing%20may%20result%20from%20localized,foreign%20body%2C%20or%20tenacious%20secretions.
Family Allergy & Asthma - Trouble Sleeping: https://www.familyallergy.com/education/asthma/sleep-disorders/#:~:text=Many%20asthma%20patients%20report%20trouble,decrease%20your%20quality%20of%20life.
Mayo Clinic - Coughing or Wheezing Attacks: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/asthma-attack/in-depth/asthma/art-20043943
Mayo Clinic - Overview: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/asthma/symptoms-causes/syc-20369653
Drugs.com - An Asthma Attack (VIDEO): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNxVOc-Pxzs
British Red Cross - What to do if you see an asthma attack (VIDEO): https://www.redcross.org.uk/first-aid/learn-first-aid/asthma-attack#:~:text=Help%20the%20person%20sit%20in,expand%20and%20ease%20their%20breathing.
HISTOLOGY
Microanatomy Web Atalas - Pseudostratified Epithelium: https://microanatomy.net/epithelia/pseudostratified_columnar.htm
Wikipedia - Goblet Cells: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblet_cell#/media/File:Histopathology_of_goblet_cells_(annotated)_and_foveolar_cells_in_incomplete_Barrett's_esophagus.jpg
Quizlet, J_Amaro - Simple Squamous Epithelium: https://quizlet.com/527032074/make-your-own-histology-quizlet-flash-cards/
Gstatic - Smooth Muscle Cells: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSSAfglrdr2ncx7-tZRkXuPJ2iIhZkGyKA9tICR6FLIdB19Zms&s
NIH - Description of Asthmatic Airway: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5234856/#:~:text=Classic%20histologic%20findings%20of%20asthma,hypertrophy%2Fhyperplasia%20and%20submucosal%20gland
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - https://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(02)91457-0/fulltext
Euroope PMC - https://europepmc.org/article/med/31637021
Research Gate, Ali Javili - https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Histological-images-of-healthy-and-asthmatic-airways-In-contrast-to-the-healthy-airway_fig1_309409035
Frontiers: Airway remodeling heterogeneity in asthma and its relationship to disease outcomes, Aileen Hsieh, Najmeh Assadinia, Tillie-Louise Hackett - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphys.2023.1113100/full
CAUSES & PREVENTION
NIH, Pollen - https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/allergens/pollen/index.cfm
WTOC (IMAGE) - https://www.wtoc.com/2019/11/15/all-female-firefighter-crew-makes-history-glynn-county/
Loyola Medicine (IMAGE) - https://www.loyolamedicine.org/assets/images/blog-thumbnails/blog-exercisekids.jpg
MD India - https://www.medindia.net/patientinfo/occupational-asthma.htm
Mayo Clinic, Exercise Induced Asthma - https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/exercise-induced-asthma/symptoms-causes/syc-20372300
Kids Health, Exercise Induced Asthma - https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/exercise-asthma.html
CDC, Occupational Asthma - https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/asthma/default.html#:~:text=Work%2Drelated%20asthma%20is%20asthma,can%20be%20in%20the%20workplace.
Mayo Clinic - https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/asthma/symptoms-causes/syc-20369653
PREVALENCE
American Lung Association - https://www.lung.org/research/trends-in-lung-disease/asthma-trends-brief/trends-and-burden
World Health Organization - https://www.who.int/
CDC - https://www.cdc.gov/
Statistia - https://www.statista.com/chart/17686/incidence-rate-of-childhood-asthma-due-to-traffic-pollution/
USC Environmental Health Centers - https://envhealthcenters.usc.edu/2019/05/lower-pollution-less-asthma.html
DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT
Health Line, Spirometry Test - https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthline.com%2Fhealth%2Fspirometry&psig=AOvVaw2-xKL33Qe0zRW50WCveYhN&ust=1681974393473000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CBAQjRxqFwoTCODRuIOxtf4CFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE
Spirometry (IMAGE) - https://www.choc.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/girl-pft-e1457476312880.jpg
American Lung Association, FeNO Test - https://www.lung.org/lung-health-diseases/lung-procedures-and-tests/exhaled-nitric-oxide-test
FeNO Test (IMAGE) - https://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/c_files/web/w/e/o/copd_alamy_feno_MH_3x2-scaled.jpg
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, Lung Function Test - https://aafa.org/asthma/asthma-diagnosis/lung-function-tests-diagnose-asthma/
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, Provocation Test -https://aafa.org/asthma/asthma-diagnosis/lung-function-tests-diagnose-asthma/provocation-trigger-tests/
Provocation Test (IMAGE) - https://aafa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/lung-function-test-provocation-lg.png
Methacholine Challenge (IMAGE) - https://www.aaaai.org/Aaaai/media/MediaLibraryRedesign/Tools%20for%20the%20Public/Conditions%20Library/Library%20-%20Asthma/Methacholine-Challenge.jpg
NHS - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/asthma/diagnosis/
Mayo Clinic, Classifying Asthma - https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/asthma/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20369660
NHS, Inhalers - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/asthma/treatment/
Yale School of Medicine, Bronchial Thermoplasty - https://medicine.yale.edu/intmed/pulmonary/ycaad/clinical_center/bronchial-thermoplasty/
Bronchial Thermoplasty (IMAGE) - https://aighospitals.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Bronchial-thermoplasty.jpg
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, Asthma Action Plan - https://aafa.org/asthma/asthma-treatment/asthma-treatment-action-plan/
Asthma Zones (IMAGE) - https://www.ankitparakh.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/KNOW-YOUR-ASTHMA-ZONES.jpg