[Answer] 2. Asthma is characterised by which of the following disease processes?

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...1. Inflammation of the airway/'windpipe' 2. Allergic response 3. Production of mucus and phlegm 4. All of these Asthma is an inflammatory disease. This means that the airway and small air passages in the lungs become swollen and inflamed, often as an allergic response to a "trigger". At the same time, the airways narrow, and may become clogged with sputum and mucus - yuck!

Symptoms of Asthma Attack In children

Asthma disease usually observed in all age groups. But about a quarter percent observed in children. Boys are more prone to get effected with this asthma than girls. Fatigue due to contraction of the bronchi is main symptom of this asthma disease. Some sound of wheeze at the chest may observed. Breath being heavier, sometimes a little cough is also observed.