Asthma is a common chronic respiratory disease characterised by inflammation and narrowing of the airways, which causes recurrent episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing. Symptoms vary in severity and can be triggered by allergens, respiratory infections, exercise, air pollution, and othe…
Asthma is a common chronic respiratory disease characterised by inflammation and narrowing of the airways, which causes recurrent episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing. Symptoms vary in severity and can be triggered by allergens, respiratory infections, exercise, air pollution, and other environmental and genetic factors. In Family Medicine, asthma is a frequently encountered condition that calls for accurate diagnosis, long-term management, and patient education to control symptoms and prevent flare-ups. Within the journal's family-medicine scope, research has examined asthma and related respiratory conditions, including a study of obesity and asthma as nutritional risk factors in adolescents, an assessment of the factors contributing to asthma in Ambo town, and a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosing allergic and non-allergic respiratory diseases using nasal cytology and exhaled nitric oxide measurement. Such work addresses the risk factors, diagnosis, and broader respiratory context relevant to managing asthma in primary care. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to asthma, supporting family physicians, respiratory clinicians, and students interested in the causes, diagnosis, and management of this chronic airway disease.
12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
The 12 articles above have been cited 8 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Asthma, linking to each citing work.