Nine year old Evan Smith was diagnosed as having Asthma at a young age. He is able to manage his Asthma and participate in sports without any trouble. "He can do pretty much anything, he skates, he plays hockey, he hikes, he's very active," says Evan's father Curtis Smith.
Dr. Faoud Ishmael with the Allergy and Immunology department at Penn State Hershey Medical Center says with proper medical care, preventative treatment and trying to limit triggers, people with Asthma can live a normal life. Dr. Ishmael says, "in children that have persistent asthma that may be more severe sometimes we have to put them on a controller medicine like one of the inhalers on an everyday basis to control symptoms. So it's a combination of both medical treatment as well as well as avoiding the riggers when we can
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