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What are the symptoms of an asthma attack, especially in a child?
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Many: Cough, wheezing, shortness of breath, pain with breathing, flaring of nose, use of muscles in the neck to breathe, retraction of the muscles between the ribs and under the rib cage. In many young children it is simply persistent cough.
Answered 10/4/2016
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