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What did the American, who was considered by many to be the smartest man in history, achieve?

William James Sidis, an American born in 1898, could read the New York Times at the age of one and a half, knew eight languages by the age of eight and invented another one on his own, and at the age of 11 he entered Harvard, where a year later he lectured on four-dimensional bodies at math circle. His IQ has been estimated at 250-300, although these numbers may be exaggerated because Sidis never passed an IQ test. However, such an early start did not bring him fame - having received a bachelor's degree at the age of 16 and having worked for some time as a teacher, he retired from public life. Working as a simple accountant and in other unskilled positions, Sidis devoted himself to collecting and studying transportation systems, and sometimes published works in various fields of knowledge: anthropology, philology, cosmology, and Indian history.

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What is asthma?

Asthma is not a disease per se, but a symptom of a number of other body disorders. In asthma, a person has difficulty breathing due to problems with the passage of air in and out of the lungs. The passage of air is hampered by inflammation of the mucous membrane or organs connecting the windpipe and lung.

During an asthma attack, a person develops shortness of breath, wheezing, coughing. The attack can be both sudden and develop gradually. The only way to get rid of asthma is to find the cause and eliminate it. The reasons may be different: allergies, emotional shock or weather conditions.

If asthma develops in a person before the age of 30, the cause is usually an allergy. The patient may be sensitive to pollen, to dust, to food, to drugs, to animals. There are many types of dust and pollen that can trigger asthma. In children, asthma is especially often caused by an allergy to food: eggs, milk or flour products. According to doctors, asthma often develops due to strong emotional unrest - for example, due to family quarrels, financial troubles, and other things.

Often emotional anxiety is caused by a feeling of own uselessness, unrequited love. These sensations set off a chain reaction that eventually ends in an asthma attack. This is why a doctor's diagnosis in determining the cause of asthma is very important. It will require a complete and thorough analysis of the patient's medical history, a variety of questions about eating habits, lifestyle, environment. And if even slight deviations from the usual way of life are revealed in the patient, the doctor will be able to determine the cause of the asthma attack.

An attack can happen after visiting acquaintances who keep animals of a certain breed, after visiting the beach or eating new foods. For people with asthma, a doctor often prescribes a special diet.

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