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Having asthma can affect a person in many ways. Physical effects can range from the somewhat annoying (an occasional cough) all the way to the life-threatening (not being able to breathe). The frequency and seriousness of asthma symptoms are dependent on how well a person's asthma is controlled (with medicines and other measures) as well as how severe that individual's asthma was to begin with. The psychological and social effects of asthma are less often acknowledged but can for some people be at least as troubling as the physical ones.
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Common asthma symptoms include:
Still, not every person with asthma has the same symptoms in the same way. You may not have all of these symptoms, or you may have different symptoms at different times.
Asthma is a long-term disease that has no cure. The goal of asthma treatment is to control the disease. Good asthma control will: