asthma attack

collocation in English

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asthma
noun[U]
uk
/ˈæs.mə/us
/ˈæz.mə/
a medical condition that makes breathing difficult by causing the air passages to become narrow ...
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attack
noun
uk
/əˈtæk/us
/əˈtæk/
a violent act intended to hurt or damage someone ...
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(Definition ofasthmaandattackfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They should not be used to treat an acuteasthmaattack.
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It should be treated as for any other acuteasthmaattackwith oxygen, nebulisers and steroids, and possibly with intravenous bronchodilators and/or magnesium sulphate according to current guidelines.
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On average, it takes a week to recover from a severeasthmaattack.
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The pace at which we have proceeded could be enough to give me anasthmaattack.
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I cannot speak without people smoking behind me and that gives me anasthmaattackand that is harassment.
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One of my constituents recently described anasthmaattackto me, saying that it felt like an elephant sitting on their chest.
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An example is asthmatics, who, when they are not having anasthmaattack, may be extremely good workers.
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It can also bring on anasthmaattack.
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That is what many of us who are asthmatics experience as anasthmaattack.
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The number of children aged between five and 11 who reported anasthmaattackduring the past 12 months was three times higher than the figure for 10 years ago.
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I haveasthmaattackafterasthmaattack.
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She was an asthma sufferer, and anasthmaattackhas been suggested as a possible cause of death, or complications surrounding her recent peptic ulcer.
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She died at the age of 27 due to a severeasthmaattack.
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His official biography states that, as a child, he nearly died during his firstasthmaattack.
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He's more allergic to those than anything elseand he had anasthmaattack.
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The first feeling of anasthmaattackis unsettling and can result in a short period of rapid breathing.
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Two were treated on scene, and a third, who had anasthmaattack, was taken to a local hospital.
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In an inn he had a severeasthmaattack.
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The reported cause of his death was a severeasthmaattack.
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Her husband claimed that she died of anasthmaattack.
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