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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One and a half acres of the rain forest-“the Lung of the Earth”‚ are lost every second. In fact‚ they now cover only a mere 6% of the earth’s land surface compared with 14% when humankind first settled. Experts estimate that the last remaining rain forests could be consumed in less than 40 years. Obviously‚ deforestation has been becoming an alarming phenomenon for the whole world. Writing about this issue‚ Laura Lopen‚ John Maier and Dick Thompson express some quite strong opinions. In “Playing
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affects to breathing occur due to obstructive airways caused by production of mucous from continuous inflammation and by constrictive airways caused by the narrowing of the bronchial tubes from spasms‚ scar tissue‚ reactive airways‚ infections of the lung‚ and the continuous response to irritating substances within the environment. Pollution‚ smoking‚ and other irritating substances cause the negative and damaging cascade of events that follow.
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silent for a second before the Doctor looks up at me and replies‚ “your results have come back...I’m sorry Jason; it seems you have lung cancer”. “Currently there is nothing we can really do and I’ve discussed your case with specialist in the field and we have predicted that you may not have that long left”. Two words‚ two words are all it took to destroy my life‚ lung cancer .My body instantly became numb and my stomach felt as if it had exploded. I stared at the ground my eyes becoming out of focus
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Jane Doe Bio Lab IT: Morgan Billick September 4th‚ 2010 Ventilation and Oxygen Consumption Results Oxygen Concentration Oxygen concentration in water can be altered by the conditions it is exposed to. For instance cold water has a higher oxygen concentration than warm water. In our experiment we were able to observe the change in oxygen concentration of water at two different temperatures (15C and 25C) with a fish in each environment. Our results proved that the starting oxygen concentration
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Selkies Good morning 8B and Miss Ryding‚ I am in front of you this morning to tell you the legend of the Selkies. Some people call them silkies but for today I will just say selkies. But before I continue I must explain what selkies are. Selkies are beautiful creatures that live in the sea. They have a special seal-coat that they can remove and without it they look just like a regular human although better looking. The have sleek‚ long dark brown hair just like regular seals and their skin is pale
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Effects of Open Burning Over industrialization and globalization‚ the economic growth has been evolving since a few decades ago. Majority of human now are exposed to the advance technologies and luxury of life. However‚ these scenarios do not indicate that life nowadays is much better than the olden days. Every year without fail‚ open burning occurs everywhere. Especially in Indonesia‚ the nomad people and people of the agriculture field will burn forest for their own benefit. After forest
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You are now entering the human heart The short story “You are now entering the human heart”‚ written by Janet Frame is a short story focused on the fear of something strange‚ to overstep boundaries and to be under pressure. I think the feeling is something‚ that we all know how feels. My definition on fear would be something about‚ that it is an emotional response to a threat. We all know the feeling‚ when you sweat like you have accomplished a marathon race‚ the adrenaline pumps inside your body
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Asthma is a common chronic inflammatory disease that affects the airways. Asthma is usually characterized by airflow obstruction and bronchospasm. Some of the more common symptoms of asthma include tightness in the chest‚ shortness of breath‚ coughing and wheezing. Although asthma itself is considered to be chronic‚ asthma attacks can be considered either acute‚ or chronic. Often times those with more severe forms of asthma refer to their asthma as chronic. Chronic asthma is a serious condition‚
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Stephanie is a 16 year old Caucasian female who lives in Clark with Linda Piesco (Mother); Dominic Palermo (Mother’s Boyfriend); and two sisters Emily‚ age 19 and Samantha Piesco age 15. Stephanie was referred to FACT by St. Clare’s CCIS unit. Stephanie has been hospitalized twice for presenting with depression‚ anxiety‚ suicidal thoughts with plan to take either Klonopin or Effexor overdose. Stephanie has a history of past admission for similar reasons except that she felt that bugs were crawling
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