When raised with the proper training and socialization, the American Pit Bull Terrier makes an excellent companion for children. He is loving and gentle with people and often makes a lousy guard dog because of his tail-wagging eagerness to greet the person at the door.
Asthma. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways. The disease manifests as recurrent attacks of wheezing, coughing and shortness of breath. During an asthma attack, the muscles surrounding the airways contract, limiting the amount of air supply to the lungs. The lack of sufficient air supply results in a choking sensation.
People that suffer from asthma have more sensitive airways to many different triggers, that cause inflammation and swelling of the walls and the result is sticky mucus clogging the air tubes. Mucus secretions in the airways in asthma appear to be a major cause of airway obstruction, wheezing and shortness of breath. Mucus hypersecretion is a hallmark of chronic airway disease, like asthma, but, also, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cystic fibrosis disease. Asthma symptoms can be a result of existing cystic fibrosis.