Wheeler Health Spotlight - Asthma
According to the CDC, about 25 million Americans—about one in twelve!—have asthma, and about half of them will suffer an asthma attack every year.
Symptoms for asthma include:
Like most diseases, asthma does not exist in isolation.Some risk factors for the condition are directly related to other serious health conditions, such as:
Wheeler’s Family Health & Wellness Center helps treat and may even help prevent asthma, in patients of all ages. To learn more about primary care services provided at our community health centers in Bristol, Hartford and New Britain, please visit our web site.
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