Holly Marie Combs

To stop smoking was actually really easy because I had already started to cut down. My husband is asthmatic, and he just can't for the life of him imagine why anybody would put smoke in their mouth, so he really helped me to start cutting down.

American Actress

Alfred Hitchcock

These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.

English Director

Charles Studd

Battle is the soldier's vital breath! Peace turns him into a stooping asthmatic. War makes him a whole man again, and gives him the heart, strength, and vigor of a hero.

British Athlete

Ian Smith

Poor air quality, which can be influenced by a variety of fumes, chemicals and allergens, is arguably the leading cause of triggers for most asthmatics in urban areas.

Zimbabwean Politician

T. S. Eliot

It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so the lover must struggle for words.

American Poet

Anh Do

I'm an asthmatic so if you want to ask someone about asthma, ask a doctor. I'm asthmatic but I'm not an expert on it.

Australian Author

Sid Waddell

I talk fast because I'm asthmatic, and I'm desperately hoping the words get out before my breath fails.

British Entertainer

Gerald Scarfe

Well I was an asthmatic child. So that for most of my childhood I was in bed. Bedridden.

British Artist

Alber Elbaz

I was a fat child; I was asthmatic. No wonder I'm a hypochondriac.

Israeli Designer

Shannon Briggs

I was born asthmatic so came into boxing with deficiencies.

American Athlete

Use 'asthmatic' to describe things directly related to the illness, asthma.

Illness Descriptor

'Asthmatic' doesn't always mean severe; asthma varies in intensity.

Not Always Severe

Sometimes 'asthmatic' is used metaphorically to describe something struggling to function.

Metaphorical Usage

Refer to a person with asthma as an 'asthmatic' to acknowledge their condition without defining them by it.

Condition Identification

Be tactful when mentioning someone's health; 'asthmatic' can be a sensitive label.

Sensitive Contexts

Understand that 'asthmatic' covers a broad range of experiences with asthma.

Diverse Experiences

 and exposure to triggers can't always be controlled. This is where inhalers, the primary treatment for asthma, come in. These medications help asthmatics both control and prevent their asthma symptoms. Inhalers transport medication along the affected airways

How does asthma work? -...

 Know your reds. They're what is most important and where you can most move the needle. Now it's easy to be confused by noise, but what it noisiest is not always what is most red. In fact, my severe asthmatic patient is most at risk when he's quiet.