The aim of policy is raise awareness of asthma and its management within our community and providing a safe and healthy environment in which people at risk of Asthma can participate equally in all aspects of services. In addition, they take actions to provide a clear set of guidelines and expectations to be followed with regard to the management of asthma. For instance, they provide Asthma Emergency Kits in facilities to be stored and display Asthma First Aid posters in each room. All the staff in
An Asthma Action plan is a written plan that offers information and teaching on how patients can manage their asthma in other to keep it under control or reduce the incidence of exacerbation (AAFA, 2017). It is imperative for patients with asthma to have an Asthma Action Plan in order to reduce as well as prevent frequent exacerbations and emergency room visits (Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America [AAFA], 2017). The National Health Institute in CDC (2015) categorized the Asthma Treatment Plan
WK1: A2: Week One Article Analysis "School" For today’s analysis, the author has chosen the subject matter of school-aged children that experiences asthma. Asthma is a silent killer; the mortality rate is on the rise. Asthma is a chronic condition that hits home for the author and family. The author’s daughter has chronic asthma and environmental factors advance her symptoms. Other times when the air quality is cleaner, her daughter’s asthma symptoms go into remission. Many adults are unaware of
Introduction Asthma is chronic lung disease that inflames and narrows patient’s airways which causes wheezing, shortness of breath, and coughing. Asthma can affect people of all ages but mainly diagnosed in childhood. Asthma does not have a cure but people affected can manage the disease with few symptoms by taking an active role in their care. According to the NIH more than 25 million in the United States have asthma, so it is very common. However, In Richmond and Hanover there is a higher prevalence
Introduction: Asthma is one of the common obstructive lung diseases that affects adults and children. According to centers of diseases control, approximately 26.8 million people are suffering from asthma []. Asthma is hard to diagnose in early stages because it doesn’t have obvious early symptoms. Studies revealed that inflammatory cells increase in the small airways causing dysfunction in the respiratory system, often before the onset of symptoms or changes in spirometry or imaging[1]. Despite
Asthma action plans are an effective way to communicate from the healthcare provider to the school nurse. Action plans can also be used to inform the necessary school staff of student diagnosed with asthma and what to do when symptoms occur. A qualitative study by Egginton, Textor, Knoebel, McWilliams, Aleman, and Yawn (2013), address the effectiveness of incorporating asthma action plans into students’ care plans. The sample size used included 103 participants within 14 focus groups, two of which
the probability of developing new sensitizations and prevention of rhinitis conversion to asthma (4, 5). Hence suggesting that immunotherapy is a more effective way to treat allergies and their associated response in comparison to the traditional anti-allergic treatments. The two methods through which the allergen
Breastfeeding and Childhood Asthma: Qualitative Article Paper Breastfeeding has been shown to have a series of protective benefits against an extensive assortment of health problems that may occur in infancy and throughout childhood. Human milk contains assorted anti-infective proteins. IgA, cytokines, lactoferrin, lysozomes, and fatty acids are among a few of the protective components of breast milk. These anti-infective proteins, along with other substances present in human milk stimulates the
Asthma Stepwise Management Asthma is a life-threatening inflammatory ailment of the upper airways that distresses approximately eight to ten percent of the populace, about seven million of the populace distressed with asthma are essentially the children (Arcangelo & Peterson, 2013). Arcangelo and Peterson demarcate asthma as a chronic inflammatory ailment of the airways branded by airways blockage, inflammation, and hyper-responsiveness. The American Academy of Allergy and Immunology {AAAAI},
Asthma also occurs in elite athletes, and these athletes appear to have similar bronchial hyper-responsiveness and symptoms compared with patients with atopic asthma who are not competitive athletes. However, the elite athletes with asthma did not have predominant signs of atopy. It is probably not surprising that elite winter athletes have more exercise-related symptoms than competitive swimmers with asthma.20 The United States is one of only 2 countries in the world that allows direct-to-consumer