Most people with asthma only have symptoms when they inhale a ‘trigger’ such as pollen, exercise without the right preparation, or catch a cold or flu.…
Asthma influences the life of children physically, emotionally and socially. The most important components of health related quality of life are the effects on, and consequences of asthma on peer relationships (e.g., being bullied), the dependence on medication, shortness of breath, cough, limitations in activities and limitations due to the response on cigarette smoke exposure. Class activities such as, P.E and if the class has a pet, playtime if the child is sensitive to pollen.…
Asthma is a chronic condition of the respiratory system that causes hypersensitivity and reversible inflammation of the airways resulting in breathing difficulties (Levy et al., 2006).…
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. (2003). Managing asthma: A guide for schools (NIH Publication No. 02-2650). Retrieved from http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/…
The key drive of this assignment is to discover through narratives the mental, ethnic and sociological viewpoint of a patient journey with a long-term illness (asthma). Patient narrative is a means towards achieving more understanding about the individual, accepting patient-specific implication of a sickness and managing strategies (Kalitzkus and Matthiessen, 2009). The acceptance of sickness and wellbeing conduct models has been renowned to bear substantial effect on the care given to specific patients and the health care provision organisation (Wade and Halligan, 2004). The traditional theory that embraces that sickness is different from the usual has been a topic of discussion and the biomedical model of wellbeing which has long been the…
In this assignment the scenario presented is of a mother bringing her daughter into the emergency room during an asthma attack. Though both of her parents work, they cannot afford medical insurance for themselves or her. They also earn too much money to qualify for state or federal aid. She is treated with medication for her asthma attack at the hospital and she and her mother leave. Two weeks later, they return to the hospital in a virtually identical scenario. I will be discussing whether I feel the girl received adequate care for her condition, should she be treated by a physician before her condition worsens, should everyone be entitled to a basic minimum of healthcare and is healthcare a right (AIU Online, 2013)?…
Before we get into Exercise Induced Asthma it is important to have a good understand of what Asthma is in general. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways that lead to the lungs that can make it hard for someone to bring are cause a lot of coughing. With Asthma, air passages can be affected in multiple different ways. Airway muscles can become thick and tight, airways can produce extra mucus, airways can become irritated and more sensitive and they also become a lot more sensitive and can make asthma patients triggers will happen easier (Mayo Clinic, 2016). Breathing problems with asthma are different for everyone and can often come in go. Some people with asthma only have symptoms occasionally. Other people have symptoms every…
Asthma is just a general term for what is going on, there are three types of asthma. Each asthma name base off of what triggers the asthma attack. The three types of asthma are allergic asthma, mixed asthma and idiopathic asthma. Allergic asthma occur due to an irritants such as allergens trigger the asthma attack. This occurs due to the fact that the allergens aren’t recognized by our body’s immune system. Since it is unrecognizable it causes the white blood cells in our body to recognize it as a threat. This then promotes our helper T cells to activate the production of B cells which then causes antibiotics to be made. The production of the B cells signals the thymus to make more lymphocytes. The allergens have often just settled within our airway. The production of more white blood cells (specifically immunoglobulin E cells) causes the area to become inflamed. The inflammation of the airway causes the bronchioles to contract (get tighter) which leads to the patient to have trouble with breathing. Allergens such as pet dander, pollens, spores and dust mites are usually responsible for setting off an allergic asthma attack. The second type of asthma is idiopathic asthma. The reason why this is called idiopathic asthma is due to the fact that the exact reason why it is triggered during specific events is unknown. Idiopathic asthma is usually triggered by respiratory infection, exercises and emotional upsets. These thing can lead to an asthma attack due to the fact that they can cause the bronchioles to…
The questionnaire composed of descriptors of breathlessness can be seen in table 1. The authors spend around seven weeks between the events. They provide four different forms of the survey that differ by the order only, and the participants were asked to select yes or no to their level of discomfort of breathlessness to asthma. The authors divide the asthma experience into different categories as level of asthma severity, levels of asthma management, and levels of asthma anxiety. Also, the authors measured the FVC and FEV in the standing position using the testing system. Lastly, the authors choose the best three descriptors chosen by children to be compared with those selected by adults in the previous…
To evaluate an asthma self-regulation intervention for older adults, specifically observing the effects on asthma quality of life and asthma control.…
Today the author analyzes the presence of asthma in school-aged children. Asthma is a chronic condition; the mortality rate is on the rise . The author’s daughter has chronic asthma; thus environmental factors advance her symptoms. However, when the air quality is cleaner, her daughter’s asthma symptoms go into remission. Many adults are unaware of the risks from the first and second-hand smoke. For example, in the author’s previous home, second-hand smoking triggered her daughter’s asthma attacks. As a result, the author lost countless homework hours and dollars because her daughter required breathing treatments and shots at the Emergency Department (ED). Not to mention many days after discharge the author's daughter suffered from continual exposure to second-hand smoke; it was a vicious cycle. Later, the author moved because the indoor smoking caused her daughter’s health to decline. For this cause, the…
This program is set up as a walk in clinic to reduce the stress and burden on GP’s, ANE, and hospital practices. Expert advisors, health visitors and nurse educators will be present to undergo health checks and to utilise health education techniques in order to; reduce frequency and severity of asthma, to reduce emergency room visits and hospitalisations also to reduce school absenteeism in young children, followed by developing positive family self-help attitudes and trying to always incorporate patient care education. The open clinic will take place in many community centres around the UK and will have a walk in event day once a week where patients, carers, volunteers, families, and experts on training experience may come along and visit and educate themselves on the importance of asthma patient centred care. Different sectors of advice and health check-ups will be taking place within a big hall, this will include a place where advice will be given on ways; to reduce asthmatic symptoms, how to quit smoking, how to take care in cold weathers and how to be in control of when an attack happens. Other health care professionals such as nutritionists and exercise physiologists will be present to advise patients on how to eat healthier and what…
There are three identifiable probable reasons for Geronimo’s acute exacerbation of asthma, these include; Geronimo experiencing an upper respiratory infection, Geronimo going three days without medication, and the recent thunderstorm.…
Asthma treatments focus on eliminating or avoiding asthma triggers. These triggers are the environmental or other conditions that cause an asthma attack to occur. Many patients have very similar triggers, so keeping good records of where you were and what was happening when the asthma attack happened can help identify each person's individual triggers. Some general triggers that are problematic for many people with asthma include:…
Asthma is a chronic disease and its common occurrence has increased considerably over the last decade. In 2006 Asthma UK found that the UK had the highest occurrence of asthma sufferers (up to thirteen percent) from anywhere else in Europe, (Asthma UK, 2006). In the past asthmatics were treated intermittently, it was not recognised that their affliction was due to a chronic inflammatory process requiring long term management. Levy and Hamilton (1999) noted that the most important…