Have you ever stop and think how it will feel to stop breathing out of the sudden? Children that have bronchial asthma are suffering from this all the time. This can be really scary, and you may even panic because of not knowing what to do. In this project I studied what is the percent of children with this kind of condition and some of the medications with the respective treatment. Secondly, we explained what bronchial asthma is. And last but not least, I personally learned how to interpret charts, as well as finding current information with research purposes.
In this project I learned that asthma is caused by a condition of recurrent attacks known as dyspnea. During this condition the airways become inflamed and wheezing and chest tightening
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Meaning that if we don’t protect ourselves from getting asthma nobody else would. More importantly it can affect the life of the children. That’s why we should all take matters into our own hands and take care of ourselves and the one we love. Something that I found really interesting is that as people age they tend to suffer even more from bronchial asthma because of the exposure that we have to pollution. This also has a pattern that as we grow to the ages between 20-40 we have more chances of suffering from this condition than kid younger. In addition, I also found as people get older than 50 years old the chances of getting bronchial asthma is lower. This is because they do not tend to go outside as often as younger people.
All of this information that I was able to recover was thanks to learning project that I was assigned by my professor. I also learned hot recover date from charts and how to interpret it. I am now even more interested in doing more research and this will affect me enormously in my career because I did not know how interesting bronchial asthma can be, and not only that but by showing me how to find and analyze date more
Throughout the years knowledge about asthma has grown, as well as treating it effectively. Over 300 million people are said to be victims of this disease with another 100 million being estimated by 2025 globally (Currie and Baker, 2012). In the United Kingdom, asthma is increasingly becoming one of the leading disease affecting individual of different age, ethnicity, race and gender. British Lung Foundation (2011) stated that it is more common at childhood stage and can also occur at a later age. According to Asthma UK (2014) asthma in men is less prevalence than it is in women and children troubled more with asthma than adults. Recent data in the UK shows that in children and occupational asthma in adult is on the rise with an estimate
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Asthma itself is an inflammatory disease characterized by increased airway responsiveness due to a variety of stimulus. The inflammation causes the hyper-responsiveness than in turn causes bronchiolar smooth muscle constriction, resulting in obstruction of airflow. Some
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airway that impacts a person’s and their family’s quality of life. In people with asthma, their airway becomes constricted with swelling and excessive mucous. This constriction or narrowing of the airway makes it difficult for the person with asthma to breath (Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 2009). If asthma is left uncontrolled, it leads to further wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath, tiredness, and stress. (Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 2009).
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The proof is mounting that bronchial asthma| instead of being a single disease is a set of sickness groups with particular causes partly overlapping clinical and physiological characteristics. The phenotypic heterogeneity amongst asthmatic patients is obvious at more than one level along with the degree of airway obstruction, a variety of airway inflammation, the presence of airway remodeling, and reaction to treatment(33). In spite of the fact that asthma has for quite some time been viewed as a heterogeneous disease, attempts to characterize subgroups of asthma have been restricted. As of late, both clinical and statistical methodologies have been used to better consolidation clinical qualities, science, and genetics(34). A phenotype is described
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Asthma, is a lung disease that causes distressed and labored breathing. In your lungs there are airways; and in an asthma attack (also called a flare-up), your airways become inflamed and the lining gets thick
Breathing is a vital process for every human. Normal breathing is practically effortless for most people, but those with asthma face a great challenge. During an asthma attack, breathing is hampered, making it difficult or even impossible for air to flow through the lungs. Asthma is an increasingly common problem, and has become the most common chronic childhood disease. At least 17 million Americans suffer from it(1), and although it can be fatal, it is usually not that severe(4). There is no cure for asthma, but with proper care, it can usually be controlled.
As a result of the rapid rate of industrialization in our society today, the environment as well as the existence of certain living things, is threatened. The rising of industries, as well as the use of certain machines like cars, has led to the release of certain air borne toxins which are responsible for the gradual change in climate. Air toxins, change in climate, as well as many other factors, work together and breathing effectively is made difficult in the process. The question most times is, “Does the gradual change in climate have an effect on the prevalence of asthma as well as other respiratory diseases?”. While some feel asthma is a hereditary disease, all sources agree with the fact that climate
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Asthma is initially triggered by genetic, environmental factors or both or other lung disease such as viral respiratory infection. Most of the Asthma attacks are related to allergens or aeroallergens and the body reacts by activating the body’s immune system. There will be a series and complicated immunohistopahtologic changes that will occur resulting to difficulty of breathing due to narrowing of the airway resulting to
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) (2014) defined Asthma as “a chronic (long-term) lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways. Asthma causes recurring periods of wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and coughing. The coughing often occurs at night or early in the morning.” Asthma exacerbation is classified to three levels: mild, moderate, or severe enough to become life-threatening events (NHLBI, 2007). Asthma is a common chronic disease. CDC's National Asthma Control Program Grantees (2013) indicate that 39.5 million have asthma in the U.S, 18.9 million (8.2%) are adults and 7.1 million (9.5%) are children. Adults who aged (18-24) years have the highest prevalence of asthma compared the other age groups