Asthma is a chronic disease that causes the airways - the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs - to become sore and swollen. In the United States‚ about 20 million people have asthma. Nearly 9 million of them are children. Children have smaller airways than adults‚ which makes asthma especially serious for them. Children with asthma may experience wheezing‚ coughing‚ chest tightness and trouble breathing‚ especially early in the morning or at night. ("Asthma In Children"‚ 2012). Anyone
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with Running head: CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA Children with Asthma Adell Bell Community College of Baltimore Country Children with Asthma According to the center for Disease control and preventing (CDC). Approximately 6.8 million children have been diagnosed with asthma. Asthma is one of the most common‚ serious‚ chronic diseases among children‚ accounting for 13 million absences from school each year. It is the most common chronic childhood illness. Asthma is a recurring inflammatory lung
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Introduction: When air gets polluted with dust‚ smoke‚ motor vehicles‚ mills and factories etc. is called air pollution. We know that air is an important element of our environment. But it is a matter of great regret that it is being polluted day by day in different reasons. Causes of Air pollution: There are different kinds of reasons of air pollution. The causes of air pollution are described below. 1. Using poison in agriculture: In agricultural sectors‚ farmers often use insecticides
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Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airway. The narrowing of air occurs due to the inflammation and excessive mucous secretion. Asthma is know to be the commonest diseases in childhood and in young adulthood. Mr Saunders suffering from asthma encounters exacerbation‚ which commonly means asthma attack or acute asthma leading to shortness of breath‚ wheezing and many other symptoms. Exacerbation refers to decline in expiratory airflow‚ which can bring mild to life threatening conditions
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Air pollution and its health impacts on three cities Air pollution has a significant impact on human health. It can cause death by compromising the respiratory and cardiorascular system‚ or by its toxic carcinogenic effects. Transport is the greatest source of air pollutions‚ owing to increased numbers of cars in the city. Moreover‚ manufacturing and factories are another reason for air pollution. Results from the government not having suitable policy on air pollution are becoming more and more
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Steps Towards an Ecosociety: Dealing with Air Pollution By: Jonathan Roitman For: Dr. Rao Course: Poli 385/2 This essay identifies and explains the problem of pollution facing humanity today. It will also propose one of the first ideas which could more effectively limit air pollution‚ Emission Credit Trading. This can be seen as one of the first steps in the development of an ecosociety. The notion of a viable ecosociety has created considerable problems in terms
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provided funding for research of air pollution. The Clean Air Act of 1963 was the 1st designed to control air pollution. The 1955 Air Pollution Control Act was the 1st U.S. federal law that focused on air pollution. The Clean Air Act accomplished this by setting up a federal program within the U.S. Public Health Service & allowing research into techniques for monitoring & controlling air pollution. It was 1st amended in 1965‚ by the Motor Vehicle Air Pollution‚ which authorized the federal government
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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
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List possible solutions for air‚ water‚ and land pollution. Pollution is the presentation of contaminants into the indigenous habitat that cause unfavorable change. Contamination can take the type of concoction substances. Pollution can affect our daily lifestyle. Air pollution‚ water pollution‚ and land pollution is the common things that are highly polluted. All of these pollutants can be prevented and solved with. These can be solved if we use all try to prevent using certain things and
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Paper What is Asthma? Asthma is a severe chronic ongoing disease‚ it’s a chronic long term disease that effects the air passages of the lungs causing the lungs to be inflamed‚ which causes less air to flow through and causes shortness of breath along with other severe symptoms. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease that effects children and adults. Asthma Cannot be cured‚ but asthma can be well controlled through various of medications. Some individuals may have more severe asthma than others
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