Asthma Research Paper

“Sarah is at Children's Hospital, in the ICU”. Those are the words that changed my life. Sarah is extremely sick and it's making me want to be smart, strong, and kind. My sister, Sarah had lung failure when she was in 7th grade, she was hospitalized and stayed at Children’s Hospital in the ICU for around a week. Nearly a year later they found out what was wrong with her, she has Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia and Severe Asthma. When I saw her get sick I saw her being strong, nice, and keeping up on school work she made me want to have these qualities as well.

“The population is the hallmark of public health” (Davis & Herman, 2011). It is estimated that 7.1 million children in the United States have asthma. Asthma is responsible for 14 .4 million days lost per school year. It is the most frequent

In the mid-summer of 2000, I was "Twin B" born at 38 weeks. When I was a-week old, I developed a high temperature fever. After changing my formula four times, my parents found out that I was allergic to milk proteins. A few weeks later, I developed a cough that literally took my breath away, and I would cough so much that my face would turn blue. Doctors had given me several types of nebulizer treatments in order to deliver a water vapor medicine into my lungs, which did not work. Then, I lost my voice due to vocal-cord paralysis, which tied ends to a whooping cough. As a result, I was hospitalized for more than a month. When I came home, I still had no voice to cry like a normal baby. Thus began my condition of asthma, evidently inherited

Asthma is a disease that affects over 25 million people in the United States, including 7 million children. Asthma affects the lower airways and is characterized by bronchial hyperresponsiviness and decreased airflow. People suffer from asthma attacks, which cause the lungs to become swollen and inflamed thus making it difficult to breath. These attacks range in severity from mild, moderate or severe. Symptoms include wheezing, shortness of breath, coughing and chest pain. These symptoms can affect people on a daily basis or on occasion (Zanni, 2013).

At merely two weeks old, I was admitted to the emergency room for not breathing, doctors administered my first breathing treatment for my asthma.This was the start to with my asthma that was dreadfully uncontrolled earlier in my life. Moy most vivid memory that stand out is when I ran across the playground, just a small kindergarten child, running with my friends across the playground, when terror struck me, that feeling the asthma attack gives you, my chest tight, unable to breathe, my mom not with me, feeling completely alone and scared. Many memories are of me with asthma attacks that would terrified me. But, I knew comfort when I received my treatments, my mom comforting arms with amazing hugs that are full of loves, and my dad's voice that sang to me.

There are so many contributing factors to the incidence of asthma in the United State. Some of the factors are viral infection, cockroaches, dust mites, pollens, animal dander and molds. People can get asthma from passive and active smoking. Also environmental factors are a main contributor to asthma and allergies. Non-allergic asthma is caused by exercise, stress, and diet.

When I was a child, my body was so weak that different illnesses assaulted me for a long time. One of my serious illness is asthma. In the past ten years, there are still no effective methods to deal with asthma. Therefore, I suffer from asthma all the time as a young boy. This is a feeling that can’t be easily explained but do a lot of harm to my body and hearts. At that time, I was too young to describe the feeling. However, I could tell the detailed feeling recently when I caught a cold and came together with asthma. It was a night that the asthma attacked me. I can barely breath through my nose that I must largely open my mouth to catch a little fresh air. And the most hopeless thing is that this little fresh air can’t totally get into my lung, which makes me feel that my respiratory system suddenly shut down. In addition, I can’t lay down because the weasand will be extruded so that I sit on the bed the whole night until I feel a little bit better. This experience is still

Asthma is a chronic breathing condition that has no cure. However, the good news is that patients can live a normal life with the right treatment. Below is a list of treatments that are available for asthma:

I have chosen asthma for my noncommunicable disease because my mom, and brothers and I have it. My little brothers and my mom had it when they were born but I got it when I turned 12 years old. Asthma is a disease someone gets in their lungs that inflames and narrows the airways.

The noncommunicable disease I chose to research about is asthma. A lot of my friends have this disease. Asthma effects about 26 million of Americans and it is a very common disease. It isn’t deadly if you know how to take care of it, and it is something that you develop in your lifetime. You are not born with it.

sthma is inflammation of the bronchial tubes with increased production of sticky secretions inside the tubes. People who have asthma experience some of the common symptoms which are coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, pain or pressure in the chest. Some people with asthma may experience asthma attacks frequently and others can go for extended periods without symptoms. When a MA is taking vitals your asthma could reflect on your vitals. They could hear the wheezing.

Asthma is a major health concern in children under the age of 18. Not only does it have an estimated annual cost of $3.2 million, it accounts for 10 million lost school days, and it disrupts a child’s ability to participate in physical activity. A child with asthma’s exercise performance may decrease from a sedentary lifestyle and the threat of developing an exercise-induced bronchospasm. Granted, keeping asthma patients physically active has proven health benefits and allows for an improved quality of life. The article Benefits of Swim Training for Children and Adolescents with Asthma examines numerous studies that show the benefits of using swimming as a non-pharmacological method for decreasing the severity of a child’s asthma symptoms.

It is quite unfortunate and really embarrassing but I do have a failed class listed as well as a D-. During this term, I missed almost an entire month of school combined and over two weeks in a row at the very beginning of the term. This was due to a severe respiratory infection that triggered my asthma and continued to damage my health throughout the rest of the term. I was essentially unable to walk even short distances and could not leave my home for those two weeks and even the strong medications that had worked in the past only made me feel sicker and less like myself. During the rest of the term I struggled to catch up and learn the important material that was covered in the beginning but it was not just my physical health that held me

Asthma, also called bronchial asthma, is a condition in which a person’s airways become inflamed, narrow, and swell, and produce extra mucus, which makes it difficult to breathe. It is a very common condition with more than 3 million U.S. cases per year. Asthma is a chronic condition than can last either a few years or it could be lifelong. It is unclear why some people get asthma and others don’t, but it is probably due to a combination of environmental and genetic factors. An asthma attack is brought on by triggers and the triggers vary from person to person. I know for myself animal dander, dust; pollen, mold, and fresh cut grass are triggers. Physical activity, air pollutants, certain foods, and certain medications are just a few more things

Health care professionals should use proactive approaches to mange acute severe asthma. Acute exacerbations of asthma can be life threatening, but proper pharmacological management can improve patient outcome and reduce readmissions to the hospital. Early recognition of signs and symptoms are also essential to the management of asthma. This article was aimed to improve health care provider’s knowledge regarding management of acute severe asthma and their understanding of treatment if an exacerbation was to occur. A study had found that morbidity and mortality rates were increased due to inadequate treatment, delayed refers to the hospital and late recognition of the severity of the patient condition. Proper and rapid assessment can successfully