Asthma is most commonly known as being a chronic condition in the US that has been known to having an effect in people young and old. It is a condition in which the airway passages are narrowed leading to symptoms of wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and cough (Bijanzadeh, Mahesh, Nallur 1). In today's world there seem to be many factors that could increase the risk of children developing asthma. Those factors may include genetic predisposition, environment interaction, prenatal risk factors such as smoking while pregnant, stress and even environmental exposures play a big role. (Subbarao, Mandhane, and Sears). Today asthma rate among children seem to be increasing in our country, and the most likely cause appears to be environmental
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His family was homeless for about a year. In a study done by the PBS NewsHour and the researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for the City of Detroit found that about 2 of every 3 of the City children has faced or is experiencing substance abuse, exposure to violence and extreme economic hardship that can trigger asthma. This much Stress can result in the production of cortisol and adrenaline, chemicals that trigger the fight-or-flight response which is necessary to help us survive immediate, short-lived threat or danger but having to experience it every day like those kids do can be very dangerous said Dr. Christina Bethell, director of the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative at Johns Hopkins ( Karen Bouffard The Detroit). Twelve-year-old Cameron Carter of Detroit still suffers from the aftermath of her cousin’s death in an Aug. 31, 2013, drive-by shooting. Kenis Green Jr. was 12 when an angry neighbor sprayed his front porch with bullets during a family birthday party. Cameron’s brothers, Alexander Carter, now 14, and Christian Carter, now 16, were standing on either side of Kenis when he was shot. Though Cameron was not at the party, she was hospitalized with asthma in the chaotic days after the shooting and again during the one-year anniversary of her cousin’s murder. Dr. Christina Bethell stated that more than 24,000 of Detroit’s roughly 193,800 children have asthma or about 12.4 percent more than 77,000 Detroit children, or about 40 percent of all the city’s kids, have experienced two or more stress-fueling conditions (Dr. Christina
His family was homeless for about a year. In a study done by the PBS NewsHour and the researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for the City of Detroit found that about 2 of every 3 of the City children has faced or is experiencing substance abuse, exposure to violence and extreme economic hardship that can trigger asthma. This much Stress can result in the production of cortisol and adrenaline, chemicals that trigger the fight-or-flight response which is necessary to help us survive immediate, short-lived threat or danger but having to experience it every day like those kids do can be very dangerous said Dr. Christina Bethell, director of the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative at Johns Hopkins ( Karen Bouffard The Detroit). Twelve-year-old Cameron Carter of Detroit still suffers from the aftermath of her cousin’s death in an Aug. 31, 2013, drive-by shooting. Kenis Green Jr. was 12 when an angry neighbor sprayed his front porch with bullets during a family birthday party. Cameron’s brothers, Alexander Carter, now 14, and Christian Carter, now 16, were standing on either side of Kenis when he was shot. Though Cameron was not at the party, she was hospitalized with asthma in the chaotic days after the shooting and again during the one-year anniversary of her cousin’s murder. Dr. Christina Bethell stated that more than 24,000 of Detroit’s roughly 193,800 children have asthma or about 12.4 percent more than 77,000 Detroit children, or about 40 percent of all the city’s kids, have experienced two or more stress-fueling conditions (Dr. Christina