Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Asthma
HP:0002099
What it means
Asthma is characterized by increased responsiveness of the tracheobronchial tree to multiple stimuli, leading to narrowing of the air passages with resultant dyspnea, cough, and wheezing.
In everyday care
Most people with this sign do not have a rare disease — it appears in common conditions far more often. These general reference pages cover the same topic:
Rare diseases that can present with this59
Very common80–99%
6Common30–79%
16- 47,XYY syndrome
- 48,XXXY syndrome
- 48,XXYY syndrome
- 49,XXXXY syndrome
- 9q33.3q34.11microdeletion syndrome
- Bronchial neuroendocrine tumor
- Geleophysic dysplasia
- Hao-Fountain syndrome due to 16p13.2 microdeletion
- Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
- Idiopathic chronic eosinophilic pneumonia
- IgG4-related aortitis
- Loeys-Dietz syndrome
- Netherton syndrome
- Rapid-onset childhood obesity-hypothalamic dysfunction-hypoventilation-autonomic dysregulation syndrome
- Recurrent infections associated with rare immunoglobulin isotypes deficiency
- Stüve-Wiedemann syndrome
The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.
Part of the broader category
Also called: Bronchial asthma · Reactive airway disease
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Start free with EleplanThis page uses the Human Phenotype Ontology (2026-06-23) — Human Phenotype Ontology Consortium, hpo.jax.org. Disease associations from Orphanet (INSERM), CC BY 4.0. Content is educational and is not medical advice.