--- title: Asthma and inhalers — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Asthma and inhalers», a lesson of the medicine course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: In asthma the airways in the lungs are extra sensitive: colds, exercise, cold air, dust or smoke make them tighten and swell, causing wheeze, cough a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/14-asthma-and-inhalers/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/) / Asthma and inhalers # Asthma and inhalers Lesson 14 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school: 16 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/medicine/14-asthma-and-inhalers/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/14-asthma-and-inhalers/0/) — In asthma the airways in the lungs are extra sensitive: colds, exercise, cold air, dust or smoke make them tighten and swell, causing wheeze, cough and breathlessness. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/14-asthma-and-inhalers/1/) — The blue reliever inhaler relaxes the airway muscles within minutes, like loosening a tight belt round the airways. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/14-asthma-and-inhalers/2/) — The brown preventer inhaler calms the swelling slowly, so it only works if taken every day, even when you feel fine. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/14-asthma-and-inhalers/3/) — A spacer, a plastic tube on the inhaler, helps more medicine reach the lungs instead of sticking in the mouth. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/14-asthma-and-inhalers/4/) — Asthma is not catching and not a sign of being unfit: with good control people with asthma can do every sport, and many top athletes have it. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/14-asthma-and-inhalers/5/) — In asthma the airways are sensitive, and triggers such as colds, exercise, cold air, dust or smoke make them tighten and swell. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/14-asthma-and-inhalers/6/) — The blue reliever inhaler relaxes the airway muscles within minutes; inhalers control asthma but do not cure it. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/14-asthma-and-inhalers/7/) — A preventer inhaler contains a steroid that calms airway swelling over time and only works if taken every day. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/14-asthma-and-inhalers/8/) — Inhaled steroids are not the same as the steroids some athletes misuse. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/14-asthma-and-inhalers/9/) — A spacer holds the puff so it can be breathed in slowly, so more medicine reaches the lungs. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/14-asthma-and-inhalers/10/) — In an asthma attack the person sits upright, uses the blue inhaler with a spacer, up to 10 puffs, and 999 is called if they are not better or get worse. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/14-asthma-and-inhalers/11/) — With good control people with asthma can do all sports, and many top athletes have asthma; warming up, and using the reliever before exercise if needed, helps. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/14-asthma-and-inhalers/12/) — Smoke irritates the airways; homes and cars should be smoke-free, and smoking out of the window is not enough. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/14-asthma-and-inhalers/13/) — UK schools can keep emergency reliever inhalers for children known to have asthma. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/14-asthma-and-inhalers/14/) — A peak flow meter measures how fast you can blow air out, which shows how open the airways are. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/14-asthma-and-inhalers/16/) — Colds and other viral infections are the most common trigger of asthma attacks in children. - ← previous: [Hay fever, allergies and EpiPens](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/13-hay-fever-allergies-and-epipens/) - next →: [Eczema and other skin troubles](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/15-eczema-and-other-skin-troubles/) - ↑ back to [Medicine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/)