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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Michigan even lists dark chocolate as one of the essential foods as a part of their “Healing Foods Pyramid.” In fact‚ they recommend 7 ounces of dark chocolate every week‚ or an average of 1 ounce per day (John Bottrell‚ The Effects of Chocolate on Asthma (or reasons to consume chocolate)). The chocolate is one of the essential foods because is also a healing food‚ it can help you to prevent sicknesses‚ as cough. Chocolate can prevent sicknesses. One study showed that 300 mg of theobromine was effective
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In review article of self-management education in asthma and COPD known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. A professor of respiratory medicine and educator provide research on 5 European countries ask individuals how many times they visits their general practitioner for review of asthma or COPD. In the discussions 83% of the patients were reported to see their general practitioner that left the patients who has asthma or copd on their own for forty-nine minutes. In the
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children in the United States who have asthma.” (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [USDHHS]‚ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics [CDCNCHS]‚ 2010). “Asthma is an inflammatory disease that is characterized by airway obstruction and may
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the disease. In the case of asthma‚ primary intervention is least likely to prevent asthma events from happening. This is because asthma is multifaceted in nature and causes may be unpredictable. Signs and symptoms like coughing‚ shortness of breath‚ wheezing and chest tightness remains the same no matter the contributing factors that lead to an asthma attack. Consequently‚ a secondary intervention is the most appropriate step to take after an official diagnosis of asthma. The use of medication is
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of asthma. These evaluations obtain a history from the athlete‚ such as symptoms that they may experience‚ family history of asthma‚ or personal history of allergies or allergic rhinitis. However‚ because history alone is not always reliable‚ there are lung function tests used to determine if an athlete has asthma including spirometry testing‚ challenge testing‚ stress electrocardiogram‚ or upper airway laryngoscopy. (Miller‚ et al.‚ 2005) Lung function tests are necessary to determine asthma severity
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Breathe Easy: A Health Promotion Model On Asthma Management In School Age (7-11 Year Old) Children Introduction Health is the state of complete physical‚ mental and social well-being‚ not merely the absence of disease or infirmity (from WHO‚ 1946‚ in Park‚ 2005) and Health Promotion has been defined as an enterprise involving the development over time‚ in individuals and communities‚ of basic and positive states of and conditions for physical‚ mental and social health (Raeburn and Rootman‚ 1998
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Introduction Asthma is a lingering lung disease that causes recurring periods of wheezing‚ chest tightness‚ shortness of breath‚ and coughing. It is a global health problem that affects millions of people within the United States and worldwide. However‚ certain population groups are more susceptible to obtaining asthma than others. Socioeconomic status (SES) is a rough marker of a variety environmental/behavioral exposures and a very important determinant of differences in asthma prevalence and
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Childhood Asthma Sara October 22‚ 2005 University of Portland School of Nursing Abstract Childhood asthma affected an estimated 5 million children under the age of 15 during the year of 1995. The diagnosis of this disease is on a continual rise in the United States‚ and it is the responsibility of all health care providers to busy themselves in providing the proper patient education‚ treatment‚ and preventative measures available to prevent unnecessary suffering caused by asthma (Improving
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Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Burns‚ C.‚ Gray‚ M. and Henry‚ R. (2008) ‘The development‚ dissemination and evaluation of written information as a component of asthma management for parents of children with asthma’‚ Neonatal Paediatric and Child Health Nursing‚ 11(3)‚ pp. 9-12. Bush‚ A. (2007) ‘Diagnosis of asthma in children under five’‚ Primary Care Respiratory Journal‚ 16(1)‚ pp.7-15. Cahill‚ P. and Papageorgiou‚ A. (2007) ‘Triadic communication in the primary care paediatric consultation:
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