Synopsis: List of well known and famous persons both living and deceased who have and had Asthma in their lives.
Main Document
In some individuals asthma is characterized by chronic respiratory impairment. In other people asthma is an intermittent illness marked by episodic symptoms that may result from a number of triggering events, including upper respiratory infection, stress, airborne allergens, air pollutants (such as smoke or traffic fumes), or exercise.
Asthma is caused by a complex interaction of genetic and environmental factors that researchers do not fully understand yet. These factors can also influence how severe a person's asthma is and how well they respond to medication.
In children, the most common triggers are viral illnesses such as those that cause the common cold. This airway narrowing causes symptoms such as wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing.
It is recognized with increasing frequency, that patients who have both obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and bronchial asthma, often improve tremendously when the sleep apnea is diagnosed and treated.
Famous People Who Have or Had Asthma
Alice Cooper
Ambrose Bierce- (1842 - 1914) - journalist and author
Amy VanDyken - (1973) - Olympic swimmer
Antonio Vivaldi - (1678 - 1741) - composer, conductor
Arnold Schoenburg - (1874 - 1951) - composer
Art Monk - (1958) - football player
Baruj Benacerraf - (1920) - Nobel Prize Winner in medicine
Benjamin Disraeli - (1804 - 1881) - British statesman, author
Bill Koch - (1956) - Olympic medallist - cross-country skiing
Bob Hope
Bruce Davidson - (1949) - Olympic equestrian
Calvin Coolidge
Charles Dickens
Che Guevara - (1928 - 1967) - South American revolutionary leader
Daniel Webster - (1782 - 1852) - lawyer, statesman
Robert Joffrey - (1928 - 1988) - dancer, choreographer
Samuel Johnson - (1709-1784) - 18th century poet, critic and essayist
Shannon Briggs
Steve Allen - (1921-2000) - comedian, actor
Theodore Roosevelt 26th President of the U.S.
Tom Dolan - (1976) -Olympic medallist - swimming
Walter Mondale - (b. 1928) - 42nd Vice President of the U.S.
William Tecumseh Sherman - (1820 - 1891) - Civil War general
Woodrow Wilson - 28th President of the U.S.
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