Asthma Research Paper
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Asthma
Academic Research Paper
Abdirisak Aden
4/7/2013
I will be talking about the Symptoms & Signs of Asthma, Diagnosis, Etiology (causes), Treatment/Prevention and Prognosis
What is Asthma?
Asthma affects more than 34 million Americans making it difficult for them to breathe. It is a lung disorder that interferes with breathing. It can cause serious, recurring episodes of wheezing, coughing, and breathlessness known as asthma attacks. An asthma attack is a sudden worsening of asthma symptoms caused by the tightening of muscles around your airways which are also called the bronchospasm. Asthma was discovered first by Hippocrates during 460-357BC), the …show more content…
Heredity and genetic origin plays a big role. So does smoking. Many studies suggest that adults and teenagers who smoke are more likely to develop asthma. And there is strong evidence to allege second hand smoke as well. Young children who are around people who smoke have a higher chance of getting asthma early in life.
Asthma is also common in people who are overweight and obese. Researchers found asthma to be twice as common in obese adults and 38 percent more common in overweight adult when compared to people with a healthy BMI.
Recently asthma rates have been steadily rising in the US now for decades. Some researchers say that this is the result of better hygiene, which has reduced the number of childhood infections. The theory is that since there are fewer infections may mean a less well-developed immune system, and an increased risk of asthma. Other possible things that increase the risk of asthma are the increased use of household cleaning sprays, a person’s decrease use of aspirin, and lower levels of vitamin D.
Things that can trigger asthma are allergens, pets, air pollution, exercise (which is sometimes called exercise-induced asthma), and change in weather.
Signs and …show more content…
For example pneumonia’s general symptoms are coughing, having a hard time with breathing. But usually patients with pneumonia would use antibiotic because of the high cure rate for pneumonia. Also when the symptom does worsen, doctors would have to change the amount of medicine to use each day. This is similar to asthma, because the patient would have to change medicine if the symptoms worsen.
For bronchitis the symptoms are dry cough, and inflamed airway. These symptoms are pretty much similar to asthma but the treatment for bronchitis is different because it requires only self-care instead of inhalers. The treatment you would have to do for bronchitis is getting more rest, breath in warm moist air, and taking over the counter pain medications, or even going to a therapies.
For walking pneumonia the symptoms are coughing, weakness and tiredness. These symptoms are also similar to asthma. But there is no exact treatment for walking pneumonia because it will be cured on its own, but antibiotics could still be
Asthma
Academic Research Paper
Abdirisak Aden
4/7/2013
I will be talking about the Symptoms & Signs of Asthma, Diagnosis, Etiology (causes), Treatment/Prevention and Prognosis
What is Asthma?
Asthma affects more than 34 million Americans making it difficult for them to breathe. It is a lung disorder that interferes with breathing. It can cause serious, recurring episodes of wheezing, coughing, and breathlessness known as asthma attacks. An asthma attack is a sudden worsening of asthma symptoms caused by the tightening of muscles around your airways which are also called the bronchospasm. Asthma was discovered first by Hippocrates during 460-357BC), the …show more content…
Heredity and genetic origin plays a big role. So does smoking. Many studies suggest that adults and teenagers who smoke are more likely to develop asthma. And there is strong evidence to allege second hand smoke as well. Young children who are around people who smoke have a higher chance of getting asthma early in life.
Asthma is also common in people who are overweight and obese. Researchers found asthma to be twice as common in obese adults and 38 percent more common in overweight adult when compared to people with a healthy BMI.
Recently asthma rates have been steadily rising in the US now for decades. Some researchers say that this is the result of better hygiene, which has reduced the number of childhood infections. The theory is that since there are fewer infections may mean a less well-developed immune system, and an increased risk of asthma. Other possible things that increase the risk of asthma are the increased use of household cleaning sprays, a person’s decrease use of aspirin, and lower levels of vitamin D.
Things that can trigger asthma are allergens, pets, air pollution, exercise (which is sometimes called exercise-induced asthma), and change in weather.
Signs and …show more content…
For example pneumonia’s general symptoms are coughing, having a hard time with breathing. But usually patients with pneumonia would use antibiotic because of the high cure rate for pneumonia. Also when the symptom does worsen, doctors would have to change the amount of medicine to use each day. This is similar to asthma, because the patient would have to change medicine if the symptoms worsen.
For bronchitis the symptoms are dry cough, and inflamed airway. These symptoms are pretty much similar to asthma but the treatment for bronchitis is different because it requires only self-care instead of inhalers. The treatment you would have to do for bronchitis is getting more rest, breath in warm moist air, and taking over the counter pain medications, or even going to a therapies.
For walking pneumonia the symptoms are coughing, weakness and tiredness. These symptoms are also similar to asthma. But there is no exact treatment for walking pneumonia because it will be cured on its own, but antibiotics could still be