Recently‚ big cities such as Tokyo‚ Beijing‚ and Shanghai suffer from serious air and noise pollution because of the volume of passenger cars. Although passenger cars are one of the most convenient vehicles for residents‚ the governments should ban passenger cars because the volume of passenger cars cause environmental issues‚ health problems of citizens‚ and fearful effects on transport of emergency vehicle. First‚ although the unit sales of eco-friendly cars is increasing in big cities‚ there
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Asthma is a chronic lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways. It causes recurring periods of wheezing‚ chest tightness‚ shortness of breath‚ and coughing. The coughing usually occurs at night or early in the morning. People who have asthma have inflamed airways. It makes the airways swollen and very sensitive. Severe asthma attacks may require emergency care‚ and they can be fatal. There is no cure of asthma. Even if you feel fine‚ you still have the disease and asthma can flare up at
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Pollution is an issue of concern in the world that we live in today. There are many types of pollution‚ namely air‚ water and noise. Pollution in our environment will affect our quality of life. Our naturally beautiful world becoming ugly because it is suffering from the effects of environmental pollution. Pollution can also cause various health problems and other negative effects. Air pollution is caused by the emission of toxic gases from vehicles‚ factories and open burning. Nowadays‚ there are
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Eczema‚ Allergies‚ and Asthma‚ Pediatric Eczema‚ allergies‚ and asthma are common in children‚ and tend to be passed along from parent to child (inherited). These conditions often occur when the body’s disease-fighting (immune) system responds to certain harmless substances as though they were harmful germs (allergic reaction). These substances could be things that your child breathes in‚ touches‚ or eats. The immune system creates proteins (antibodies) to fight the germs‚ which causes your child’s
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POLLUTION Pollution is the introduction of a containment into the environment. It is created to mostly by human actions‚ but can also be a result of natural disasters. Pollution has a detrimental effect on any living organism in an environment‚ making it virtually impossible to sustain life. Pollution harms the Earth’s environment and its inhabitants in many ways. The three main types of pollution are: Land Pollution‚ Air Pollution‚ and Water Pollution. AIR POLLUTION Air Pollution consists
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available. The range of chronic pulmonary diseases associated with ammonia inhalation injury is reviewed‚ and suggestions for appropriate diagnostic evaluation are made. 0 1996 Wilev-Liss‚ Inc. KEY WORDS: ammonia‚ lung diseases‚ occupational diseases‚ asthma INTRODUCTION Overexposure to ammonia in the occupational setting can be associated with a range of anatomic and functional abnormalities of the respiratory tract that have been sporadically reported in the medical literature [Slot‚ 1938; Caplin
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Asthma is a condition in which a person’s airways become inflamed‚ narrow‚ and swell‚ and make extra mucus‚ which makes it difficult to breathe. If you have asthma its very difficult breathing through your airways. They become more even swollen and the muscles around the airways can tighten when something triggers your symptoms. Common asthma triggers are allergies‚ tobacco‚ medication‚ emotional anxiety and stress‚ viral and bacterial infections. Symptoms of asthma are coughing‚ shortness of
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Pollution‚ we hear it every other day at school‚ college and read about it in newspapers. So what is it? Pollution occurs when pollutants contaminate the natural surroundings; which brings about changes that affect our normal lifestyles adversely. Pollution occurs in different forms; air‚ water‚ soil‚ radioactive‚ noise‚ heat/ thermal and light. Every form of pollution has two sources of occurrence; the point and the non-point sources. The point sources are easy to identify‚ monitor and control
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Asthma is a chronic disease characterized by symptoms such as difficulty breathing‚ wheezing‚ coughing‚ and tightness in the chest. If the asthma symptoms are triggered by exposure to chemicals or other substances on the job‚ the condition is called occupational asthma (Tarlo & Lemiere‚ 2014). The symptoms of OA may begin within 24 hours of the exposure or after a latency period of weeks to months. They generally subside on weekends and holidays if the disease is true occupational asthma. Occupational
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Asthma Prevention in Pediatrics Asthma Prevention in Pediatrics In a quantitative research study by Glasgow et al. (2012)‚ a randomized control trial found that there was no difference in respiratory symptoms in children with moderate to severe asthma when given a mite-occlusive mattress cover. A qualitative study that analyzed the perceptions of primary care physicians about initiation of controller medications in children with asthma showed that “primary care providers who participated
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