Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Asthma

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…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 8× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2640-690X 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

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.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

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.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Family Medicine (ISSN 2640-690X).

Journal editorial board
Dr. John P. Bartkowski · United States Dr. Angela Pia Cazzolla · Italy Dr. Ian James Martins · Australia

This page summarises published research for orientation; it is not medical or professional advice.