Includes bibliographical references and index.

BODY & HEALTH. This timely book focuses on a serious growing global health problem: asthma. The number of people diagnosed with asthma has steadily increased over the past 20 years, with young children being the hardest hit. This informative and lively book about a tough subject explains what causes asthma, its symptoms, and how to live a healthy life with a chronic but highly manageable disease. Using colorful and informative illustrations and diagrams, Why Can't I Breathe? Kids & Asthma clearly explains what triggers asthma episodes and how one can learn to live a healthy life with asthma. The book also takes the reader through the testing and treatment process, and describes special programs and helpful organizations for asthma sufferers.