Asthma Asthma is a lung disease that makes breathing difficult for millions of Americans‚ both young and old. There is no cure for asthma‚ but the good news is it can be managed and treated so you can live a normal‚ healthy life. (http://www.lung.org/lung-disease/asthma/) Asthma is characterized by recurrent episodes of wheezing‚ shortness of breath‚ chest tightness‚ and coughing. Sputum may be produced from the lung by coughing but is often hard to bring up. During recovery from an attack
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WHAT IS ASTHMA? Asthma is a chronic disease of the airways that makes breathing difficult. With asthma‚ there is inflammation of the air passages that results in a temporary narrowing of the airways that carry oxygen to the lungs. When this inflammation occurs‚ the asthma symptoms start to show‚ such as‚ coughing‚ wheezing‚ shortness of breath‚ and chest tightness. Even though there are many treatments for asthma symptoms‚ it is still a very serious disease that affects more than 22 million Americans
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Asthma is a chronic condition in which many Americans are faced with. Asthma‚ also called bronchial asthma‚ affects over 3 million people a year‚ making it a very common condition. Asthma symptoms affect an estimated 26 million Americans‚ 19 million being adults and 7 million being children. Asthma is a condition where a person’s airways become inflamed‚ narrow and swell‚ and produce extra mucus‚ which makes it difficult to breathe. It can be minor and it can interfere with daily activities. In some
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Asthma is a condition that impact’s one’s ability to breath easily. Specifically‚ asthma effects the airways. A normal airway provides a large passage for air to travel into the lungs. Someone suffering from asthma has sensitive airways that‚ when irritated by particles in the air‚ become inflamed‚ narrowing the airway significantly and make it difficult for air to get to the lungs comfortably. Most often‚ asthma is a result of dust‚ tobacco‚ pollen‚ household cleaning supplies‚ and other active
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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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Describe the probable reasons for Geronimo’s acute exacerbation of asthma. There are three identifiable probable reasons for Geronimo’s acute exacerbation of asthma‚ these include; Geronimo experiencing an upper respiratory infection‚ Geronimo going three days without medication‚ and the recent thunderstorm. Respiratory infections‚ rhinovirus‚ and influenza are the most commonly associated viruses associated with acute exacerbations of asthma in children. However‚ the explanation as to why these viruses
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Abstract This paper discusses asthma and the environmental risk factors that can cause or initiate asthma symptoms. Asthma is an airway disease that can arise from a genetic background and common exposures to allergens and airborne irritants. Since major industrialization in Western‚ European‚ and Asian countries; there has been a rapid rise in the occurrence of asthma. More adults and children spend the majority of their time indoors. Indoor and outdoor air pollution has had an effect on this increase
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Adam Barone Professor German EngWr 300 9 November 2013 Asthma: A Modern Problem Throughout our day we perform a variety of physical tasks: Walking‚ sitting down‚ getting up‚ going up and down stairs‚ and even running for those are more physically active. Since these physical activities can be extremely simple and routine to the average person‚ they are often done effortlessly without thought‚ giving people the freedom to focus their minds on bigger matters. Imagine if you could not accomplish
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Most asthma treatments include the use of short and long-term medications as well as some environmental monitoring and modifications. As with all types of medical treatments‚ not all patients will respond in the same way to each type of environment or possible problem. Asthma treatments focus on eliminating or avoiding asthma triggers. These triggers are the environmental or other conditions that cause an asthma attack to occur. Many patients have very similar triggers‚ so keeping good records
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Chronic Disease‚ Asthma Good morning to our beloved lecturer and my fellow classmate. In our advanced world nowadays‚ we have discovered about lots kinds of diseases. Among those diseases that have been discovered is asthma. Generally‚ we knew that asthma is a lung-related disease and it does make breathing become difficult. But did you know that asthma is being thought to be caused by combination of genetic and environmental factors? Did you know that across this entire world the number of people
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