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    Asthma is a chronic disease that affects the airway‚ which are also called bronchial tubes. The bronchioles are responsible for carry oxygen in and out of the lungs. The airways get tighter and get congested due to a build up mucus. About one of fifteen of people that suffered from asthma experienced attack of wheezing breathlessness‚ chest tightness and coughing. There is no cure for asthma‚ but the majority of patients that receive proper treatment can continue with a normal life (Wexler‚ B. 2013)

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    Health and Welfare defines asthma as a chronic inflammatory condition of the airways associated with episodes of wheezing‚ breathlessness and chest tightness. These episodes are generally associated with airflow obstruction that is often reversible either spontaneously or with treatment (Hambrecht‚ Fiehn & Weigl‚ 1995). It is a very common disease that affects an estimated 300 million people worldwide (Bateman et al. 2008). Several studies have shown that the prevalence of asthma in the world has been

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    Asthma What is the cause? The cause of asthma could be that most people are allergic to things such as cats‚ cigarette smoke‚ molds‚ pollums‚ dust and environment; these symptoms cause a trigger of asthma. It’s a condition where a person’s airways becomes inflamed‚ swell and produce extra mucus. What are 5 symptoms? What are 5 symptoms of asthma? There are quite a few symptoms of finding you weather you have asthma such as coughing‚ wheezing‚ difficulty of breathing‚ making a whistling noise

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    Asthma is the most common chronic medical condition among children and adolescents aged 5-17‚ with a lifetime prevalence of 14% (National Center for Health Statistics [NCHS]‚ 2014). In 2014‚ asthma accounted for 159 deaths‚ 633‚000 emergency room visits‚ was the third leading cause of hospitalization in children under age 15 and accounted for 10.5 million missed school days (National Center for Health Statistics [NCHS]‚ 2014 & CDC‚ 2014). In 2009 the estimated direct and indirect national cost

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    Asthma BTS-revised 2014 GINA- 2014 Definition • Heterogenous disease (variable respiratory symptoms‚ characterised by chronic airway inflammation • Defined by history of wheeze‚ cough‚ SOB and chest tighntness • Variable expiratory airflow limitation (GINA) • Recurrent symptoms of wheeze‚ SOB‚ Cough‚ chest tightness • Variable airflow obstruction (BTS) Assess Severity Of Asthma (BTS) • Moderate asthma Increasing symptoms • PEF >50–75% best or predicted • No features of acute severe asthma • Acute

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    Asthma and emphysema are both known as obstructive lung diseases. Obstructive lung disease occurs when the airway is obstructed and is worse with expiration. For example‚ more force is required to exhale and emptying the lungs is slowed (Huether & McCance‚ 2012‚ p. 689). The most common type of obstructive lung diseases are asthma‚ chronic bronchitis‚ and emphysema. Although‚ they are categorized as obstructive lung disease they have many similarities in that they have similar symptoms such as

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    our support of S. 1195‚ “An Act Relative to Healthy Schools.” I am here to testify in support of S. 1195‚ “The Healthy Cleaning Products Act”. Senator Michael O. Moore sponsors this bill. This bill’s purpose is to reduce the health risks especially asthma from cleaning products in specific areas. In the specific areas of schools‚ hospitals and other health care facilities‚ day care centers‚ public buildings‚ and public housing‚ cleaning products are only allowed if stated on the Healthy Cleaning Products

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    I’m writing to you because I wish to ask for your assistance with getting my re-enlistment code changed. A few months back‚ I was separated from the Air Force due to the belief that I was still affected by childhood asthma. When I first enlisted‚ I brought up the childhood asthma to the recruiter and I said that I haven’t had any symptoms since the age of 10 or used my rescue inhaler since I was 7‚ he stated I would be fine and wouldn’t need a waiver to continue the process since it was before

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    Abstract 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

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    Holistic Intervention Holistic nursing care involves identifying the patient needs‚ challenges‚ or problems and utilizing the appropriate strategies in which will take care of the patient as a whole. As a nursing healthcare professional‚ this becomes the ultimate goal of holistic nursing care (Doosey and Keegan‚ 2013‚ pg. 5). Florence Nightingale‚ was one of the first holistic nurses and she believed in taking care of the patient as a whole‚ not the disease itself but the environment as well (Practical

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