Understand asthma and its mimics with Dr. Aditya Jindal
By : Isra Zaman
By : Dr Aditya Jindal
Published On 2023-05-19 03:30 GMT | Update On 2023-05-19 08:26 GMT
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Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition affecting the lungs and respiratory airways. The total burden of asthma in India stands at 34.3 million, accounting for around 13% of the global burden. General symptoms of asthma include shortness of breath, chest pain and cough. However this disease can be difficult to diagnose because there are many conditions that cause asthma-like symptoms especially in young children.
In today's video, to talk to us in details about the condition we have Dr. Aditya Jindal who is a pulmonologist with 10 years of experience currently practicing at Jindal chest clinic, Chandigarh.
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