Asthma-Adult Risk Factors
What are the risk factors that lead to this condition? Are you at risk of getting Asthma-Adult? Below you'll find information on each of the known risk factors for this condition.
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Asthma-Adult Risks
These factors increase your chance of developing asthma. Tell your doctor if you have any of these risk factors:
- Living in a large urban area
- Regularly breathing in cigarette Tobacco Use Disorder (including second-hand smoke)
- Regularly breathing in industrial or agricultural chemicals
- A parent who has asthma
- History of multiple respiratory infections during childhood
- Low birth weight
- Being overweight
- Heartburn-Overview (GERD)
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