Learn about various asthma medications, including short-term control, rescue drugs like inhalers, OTC medications, and long-term controllers. Discover potential asthma medication side effects, as well as learn which asthma drugs are appropriate for toddlers, children, and pregnant women.

Asthma is chronic airway inflammation marked by recurrent airway obstruction. Read about asthma attacks and asthma treatment, types, medications, symptoms, triggers, causes, and prevention.

Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) treatment includes medications (for example, UDCA, corticosteroids, immunosuppressive drugs, and drugs to treat PBC symptoms) and sometimes surgery.

Polymyalgia rheumatica is an inflammatory disease that causes symptoms and signs like muscle stiffness, weight loss, and pain in the neck, buttocks, arms, and shoulders. Learn about diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.

Corticosteroids like prednisone and prednisolone treat inflammatory conditions. Steroids have side effects. Signs and symptoms of withdrawal include fatigue, weight loss, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, menstrual changes, and abdominal pain.

JRA is a form of arthritis in children 16 years of age and younger that causes symptoms and signs like joint pain and deformity, swollen joints, and rash. Read about JRA treatment, diagnosis, prognosis, 6 types, and causes.

Read about ulcerative colitis causes and symptoms and signs, such as diarrhea, abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, rectal pain, an urgency to defecate, or painful bowel movements.

Boils (skin abscesses) are deep, localized skin infections that begin as reddened, sore areas. Skin abscesses are typically caused by an ingrown hair. Treatment to get rid of a boil may include home remedies like applying heat, lancing by a doctor if it becomes large, or antibiotics if it becomes infected.

Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia is a condition caused by abnormal blood proteins called cryoglobulins. Read about essential mixed cryoglobulinemia causes, symptoms (joint pain, swelling, enlarged spleen, skin vasculitis, nerve & kidney disease), prognosis and treatment.

The buildup of uric acid crystals in a joint causes gout. Symptoms and signs include joint swelling (particularly the big toe), pain, redness, and heat. Read about gout diet, food to avoid, medication, treatment, diagnosis, and remedies.

Relapsing polychondritis is a chronic disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of inflammation of the cartilage of various tissues of the body. Learn about symptoms, treatment, and prognosis.

Takayasu disease is a chronic inflammation of the aorta. Takayasu disease symptoms include dizziness, headaches, chest pain, and abdominal pain.

West Syndrome is a rare condition with three distinct characteristics or symptoms, infantile spasms, (jackknife seizure), abnormal brain waves, and mental retardation that appear between 3 and 12 months of age. West syndrome is caused by brain damage. Symptoms and signs of West syndrome may be managed with medication. Life expectancy depends upon the cause and severity of the symptoms.

Churg-Strauss syndrome (CSS) is a form of vasculitis (inflammation of blood vessels). Churg-Strauss syndrome occurs in patients with a history of asthma or allergies in particular. Learn about symptoms, prognosis, treatment, and diagnosis of Churg-Strauss syndrome from our experts.

Graft versus host disease (GVHD) is a condition that develops when a donor transplant's immune cells attack the recipient's tissues. Read about treatment, prognosis, and signs and symptoms of acute and chronic GVHD.

Find out about Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP) symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis. HSP is a form of vasculitis that causes rashes, joint, and abdominal pain.

Eosinophilic fasciitis is a skin disease that causes thickening and inflammation of the skin and fascia. Symptoms include redness, warmth, and hardening of the skin, as well as occasional tissue and joint pain. Treatment for eosinophilic fasciitis aims to eliminate inflammation through the use of aspirin, NSAIDs, and cortisone.