Asthma is the most common medical diagnosis among hospitalized children. In the USA, asthma has accounted for approximately 15% of nonsurgical admissions to hospital in the pediatric age group.

"This causes recurrent episodes of coughing, wheezing, and chest tightness," says Dr. Laura Conrad, director of the Pediatric Asthma Center at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in New York.

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Deena Avner, a pediatric pulmonologist for the Atlantic Health System in New Jersey. Here's what the lung condition is, what causes it, and how you can expect asthma to be treated if it's ...