The etymology of the word asthma comes from the Greek word azein which literally means “breathe hard”. Asthma as a condition is a chronic disease affecting the airways. The airways are the tubes that bring air in and out of your lungs. This lung condition causes an individual to have difficulty breathing and affects more than 6 Million kids and teens. An asthma trigger is an irritant for asthmatics that causes the airways to narrow and causes swelling to the lining of the airways thereby causing inflammation. The formation of sticky phlegm or mucus causes further narrowing of the airways.