People with asthma are more likely to experience asthma attacks or worsening symptoms when the weather changes, and they also face an increased risk of stroke due to the disease's subtle damage to blood vessels.
A 39-year-old man, who walked into a hospital complaining of severe shortness of breath, suddenly went into cardiac arrest on a hospital bed. Doctors were able to save his life.
I often wake up in the middle of the night struggling to breathe. It's a frightening, suffocating feeling, but it subsides after I sit up for a while. What could be causing this? (Duc Anh, 45 years old)
