Asthma is a condition in which your airways narrow and swell and may produce extra mucus.

This can
make breathing difficult and trigger coughing, a whistling sound (wheezing) when you breathe out and
shortness of breath.

For some people, asthma is a minor nuisance. For others, it can be a major problem that interferes with
daily activities and may lead to a life-threatening asthma attack.

Asthma can’t be cured, but its symptoms can be controlled. Because asthma often changes over time,
it’s important that you work with your doctor to track your signs and symptoms and adjust your
treatment as needed.

Diabetes is a disease that occurs when your blood glucose, also called blood sugar, is too high. Blood
glucose is your main source of energy and comes from the food you eat. Insulin, a hormone made by the
pancreas, helps glucose from food get into your cells to be used for energy. Sometimes your body
doesn’t make enough—or any—insulin or doesn’t use insulin well. Glucose then stays in your blood and
doesn’t reach your cells.

Over time, having too much glucose in your blood can cause health problems. Although diabetes has no
cure, you can take steps to manage your diabetes and stay healthy.

Sometimes people call diabetes “a touch of sugar” or “borderline diabetes.” These terms suggest that
someone doesn’t really have diabetes or has a less serious case, but every case of diabetes is serious.

Epilepsy is a central nervous system (neurological) disorder in which brain activity becomes abnormal,
causing seizures or periods of unusual behavior, sensations and sometimes loss of awareness.

Anyone can develop epilepsy. Epilepsy affects both males and females of all races, ethnic backgrounds
and ages.

Seizure symptoms can vary widely. Some people with epilepsy simply stare blankly for a few seconds
during a seizure, while others repeatedly twitch their arms or legs. Having a single seizure doesn’t mean
you have epilepsy. At least two seizures without a known trigger (unprovoked seizures) that happen at
least 24 hours apart are generally required for an epilepsy diagnosis.

Treatment with medications or sometimes surgery can control seizures for the majority of people with
epilepsy. Some people require lifelong treatment to control seizures, but for others, the seizures
eventually go away. Some children with epilepsy may outgrow the condition with age.
An allergy is an overreaction of our immune system to normally harmless substances. The substances
known as antigens (mostly polypeptides or proteins) can bind to antibodies (protein molecules formed
by the immune system to fight against pathogens) and certain receptors and thus cause an overreaction
of the immune system.

A distinction is made here between the immediate type, in which the symptoms occur directly after
contact with the allergic substance, such as the immediate reaction to pollen. On the other hand, there
is the delayed type, whose symptoms only become obvious after approximately 12 hours. The allergic
reaction can be triggered by skin contact, inhalation, through the intake of food or an injection. These
triggers can cause various symptoms, which are either limited locally or appear on the whole body.[1]
Symptoms include red and itchy skin which can lead to severe rashes. Also a runny nose, sneezing,
swollen eyes, cough, allergic asthma and swollen mucous membranes can occur. In rare cases,
headaches and exhaustion also occur and, in the worst case, anaphylactic shock (life-threatening
condition).[2] Since each person has an individual form of allergy and a different level of reaction,
people with allergies are often impaired in their daily lives.