Asthma Severity In Children

d. Assure appropriate medication therapy for asthma is prescribed. i. Children with asthma should be treated with both therapy using short-acting and long acting Beta2-agonists, inhaled corticosteroids to prevent inflammation and improves airway flow. Hill, Graham, and Divgi (2010), found Hispanic children are less likely to be prescribed inhaled corticosteroids.

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}, (2016), indicated that the mainstream children acquire asthma prior the age of five. The impact of asthma on the society is enormous related to arrays of trips to the emergency room, hospitalizations, work and school days absents, and mortality.

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 the risks from the first and second-hand smoke. For example, in the author’s previous home, second-hand smoking triggered her daughter’s asthma attacks. As a result, the author lost countless homework hours and dollars because her daughter required

Asthma is a respiratory disease that many people deal with every single day. “According to World Health Organization, approximately 180,000 people die from asthma each year.” (Jardins and Burton 187) Most people never think of asthma as a life threatening disease, but it can be crucial. As the number of

In this paper, I will explore asthma prevalence of children living in New York City. Asthma is an existing serious public health concern in inner cities and urban environments. Especially children with asthma from low SES families or minority groups face difficulties accessing health care, receiving high-quality continuous care, and preventative education. In other words, there is a disparity in the asthma prevalence and care in New York City.

A mother put her her toddlers to sleep in the same room together, later that night she tragically found both of them doing the same thing.

About 10% of American children have asthma (Thakur et al., 2013). It is vital to understand what determinants cause childhood asthma to understand even with a low percentage, why it is still present. According to Williams et al., asthma is a health outcome which is a major impact on American

Soaring Rates of Childhood Asthma Asthma affects people of all ages, but it most often starts during childhood. Asthma is a chronic lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways, which are tubes that carry air into and out of your lungs allowing one to take in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide. The swelling also can worsen, making the airways even narrower and the ability to breathe more difficult. Sometimes asthma symptoms are mild and go away on their own or after minimal treatment with asthma medicine, but other times symptoms continue to get worse. When symptoms get more intense and more symptoms occur, you 're having what is commonly known as an asthma attack. During an asthma attack you are in complete panic and the swelling in your airways reaches a point where it is no possible to take air into the lungs. If action is not taken to reduce the swelling of the airways in order to restore breathing, someone could die of asphyxiation, or the lack of oxygen. The number of people being diagnosed with asthma is on the rise, especially in the rates of children developing symptoms of asthma at a young age.

The most common symptoms of asthma are chest tightness, recurrent episodes of wheezing, breathlessness and as stated before narrowing of the airways (National Asthma Education and Prevention Program, 1997). In an early-preschool child, it is difficult to diagnose if a child has asthma, as many illnesses such as bronchiolitis, and many upper respiratory tract infections can all manifest in similar ways or have overlapping clinical characteristics of asthma (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare [AIWH], 2009). The exact cause of asthma isn 't yet known but researchers believe some hereditary and environmental factors interact to create a foundation for asthma. These factors could be the parents of the child having

According to Holmes (2012), "Asthma is used to describe the disease process in which, when exposed to a specific stimulus, a patient 's airways become hyper-responsive, leading to infiltration of cells in the airways." Many of us understand asthma as something that a person experiences while running or exercising, and the physical activity causes them to wheeze and experience shortness of breath. Many people have already been diagnosed with asthma and carry their inhalers to help open their airways and control their breathing. Zein et al. (2016) mentions that "Asthma affects 25.7 million people; 7.0 million children under the age of 18 years. The states average that roughly around one in eleven or one in twelve people and children are diagnosed with asthma."

Asthma one of the most common chronic illnesses, affecting 25.7 million people in the U.S., 7 million being children under the age of 18 years old. Asthma is characterized as a “chronic inflammatory disease of the airways involving recurring symptoms of airflow obstruction and bronchial hyper responsiveness (Porth, 2015). The symptoms of asthma are chronic coughing, chest tightness/pain, shortness of breath, and whistling/wheezing sounds when exhaling, These symptoms may cause complications such as trouble sleeping, not being able to participate in normal daily activities such as work or exercise and side effects from medications used to control asthma symptoms.

In young children it can be difficult to diagnose asthma because the symptoms can also happen with other conditions. For example, young children can experience wheezing with colds or other respiratory infections but can outgrow it as the airways grow. The best way to diagnose asthma is with a lung function test, complete medical history and physical exam. For adults and children, annual medical visits are the best primary preventative intervention against asthma. This allows the asthma sufferer to learn the triggers of asthma so exposure can be minimized, particularly, if asthma is familial. However, that too can be a guessing game because a trigger becomes known when there is a response to it. For example, wheezing or coughing are good

Nutritional imbalances and chronic inflammation may go hand in hand. The more we learn, the more we realize that we really are what we eat.

The main chronic illness that is dealt with is children affected by asthma. According to Understanding Pathophysiology book, “asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by bronchial hyper-reactivity and reversible airflow obstruction, usually in response to an allergen (Narayanan, 2012).” It is the most prevailing chronic disease in childhood, affecting 10% of U.S. children between 5 and 17 years of age with boys more often affected than girls. Populations most affected include black and Hispanic children, those living in an urban setting, ethnic minorities, and those of low socioeconomic status (Narayanan, 2012, p. 716). Cheryl stated, “at least ¼ or more of every class has children being treated with albuterol or nebulizer for respiratory complications at Head Start” (C. Anderson, personal communication, February 3, 2016). The children all have individualized action care plans that are followed by the teachers. Individual action plans are written by the primary doctor, and then sent to the nurse, the RN double checks paperwork, signs off and oversees the teachers at each site. The RN, a public health/community health nurse coordinates training and ensures all teachers understand how and when to use medications. The RN confirms that all teachers can identify respiratory

Introduction Twenty percent of children living in the South Bronx have been diagnosed with Asthma. Bronx children (boys and girls) living in the vicinity of Melrose, Mott Haven, and Port Morris ages 5-12 years old have a higher percentage of hospitalization than children that reside within other inner-cities in the US.