CHILDHOOD ASTHMA Children and Asthma Abstract This paper will discuss the impact asthma has on a child and their family. It will place emphasis on the strains asthma places on the child and their parents. The physiological aspect of asthma as well as its triggers will be reviewed‚ along with its prevalence in today’s society. I will examine how the five developmental domains of child and adolescent development pertain to asthma. Asthma will also be applied to two family theories; the Family
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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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History of Asthma Long ago in ancient China‚ the first case of a mysterious shortness of breath was recorded. In modern life‚ we realize this “shortness of breath” as a lung disease known as asthma. The history of asthma spans all the way back to the ancient civilizations of China and Rome‚ and researches along the way have incorporated many different experiments‚ observations‚ and trials to create the knowledge of asthma that we have today. This disease battled with the human race for centuries
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Paper What is Asthma? Asthma is a severe chronic ongoing disease‚ it’s a chronic long term disease that effects the air passages of the lungs causing the lungs to be inflamed‚ which causes less air to flow through and causes shortness of breath along with other severe symptoms. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease that effects children and adults. Asthma Cannot be cured‚ but asthma can be well controlled through various of medications. Some individuals may have more severe asthma than others
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INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE 29:209-2 14 (1 996) Chronic Lung Disease Secondary to Ammonia Inhalation Injury: A Report on Three Cases Rafael E. de la Hoz‚ MD‚ MPH‚ Donald P. Schlueter‚ MD‚ and William N. Rom‚ MD‚ MPH Inhalation of highly hydrosoluble toxicants‚ like ammonia‚ can be associated with chronic lung diseases‚ which have been partially characterized. We present the cases of three patients who were evaluated 2 years after massive exposure to ammonia in occupational settings. They presented with
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Arthur Marwick shows three levels of history in his work; first‚ it can imply the entire human past as it actually happened. Secondly‚ history connotes man’s effort to describe and interpret to the past. This is the sense‚ which comes nearer to the original Greek meaning ‘inquiry’. The third meaning shows the systematic study of history‚ history as a scientific order. D.B.Macaulay‚ however‚ treats history in a different way. He holds that: History falls alternately under the sole an absolute dominion
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finding. Hypocapnia and respiratory alkalosis may occur due to the high respiratory rate of an acute asthma exacerbation‚ but prolonged or severe symptoms may cause hypercapnia and metabolic acidosis (Karwat‚ 2002). Chest radiography is often normal; however‚ findings can encounter hyperinflation of the lungs with flattened diaphragm if there is obvious air trapping with the diagnosis of asthma. A CXR may be obtained if the reason of the patient’s wheezing is uncertain. This is particularly helpful
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What Is Asthma? Asthma is a disease that affects your lungs. It is one of the most common long-term diseases of children‚ but adults have asthma‚ too. Asthma causes repeated episodes of wheezing‚ breathlessness‚ chest tightness‚ and nighttime or early morning coughing. If you have asthma‚ you have it all the time‚ but you will have asthma attacks only when something bothers your lungs. In most cases‚ we don’t know what causes asthma‚ and we don’t know how to cure it. We know that if someone in
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Wendy‚ I think your description of the pathophysiology of asthma was right on point. Due to the release of the mediators causing an increase in blood flow and vasoconstriction‚ which is why his BP increased and experiencing tachycardia. With bronchoconstriction‚ causing him to used excessive muscle to breathing‚ leading him to have tachypnea of 42 with shallow breathing. Since the patient is experiencing exacerbating‚ it is important to act quickly and manage it by early treatment and education
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Introduction Asthma is chronic inflammatory disease of the airways in the lungs which cause recurrent bronchial obstruction. Its symptoms demonstrate as shortness of breath‚ wheezing‚ cough‚ chest tightness as well as cyanosis. It is the most common chronic disease among children. This case is on a five-year-old girl called Jessica who was in emergency department for an asthma attack and was diagnosed with moderately severe asthma. The following essay will focus on Jessica’s case and explain the
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