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What is Asthma?

What is Asthma?

Created for the American Lung Association by AliveTek, Inc., this narrated animation introduces the concept of asthma with vivid graphics and easy to understand terminology. This illustration of asthma discusses the three main changes that occur in the lungs.

Keywords:
trigger, inflammation, broncho constriction, airway, lungs, airflow, asthma, smoke, pollen, mucus
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Material Type:
Animation
Date Added to MERLOT:
April 4, 2012
Date Modified in MERLOT:
October 18, 2021
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Submitter:
Sandy Mills-Alford
Primary Audience:
Grade School, Middle School, High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division, Professional
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Technical Requirements:
Flash Player
Language:
English
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No
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Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 United States

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Dawn Burks
Dawn Burks (Health Care Professional)
9 years ago

The authors made a good start and this video could certainly be helpful added to a patient educational program.  It could be better by fully discussing the importance triggers play in control of asthma.