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Symptoms and Treatments of Cardiac Asthma
September 3rd, 2010 — Cardiac
Cardiac asthma is not really asthma in its own sense; it is wheezing brought upon by congestive heart failure. This is a clinical condition that is caused by extreme reflexive blocking and by edema of the lungs. What causes this? It is mostly due to a major mechanical heart failure and may even be life threatening if left unchecked. Fluid build-up in the lungs is caused by the heart's reduced efficacy in pumping. The fluid building up in the lungs causes the air passages to narrow up and this Read more [...]
