Asthma

As of 2013, 22.6 million people in the United States have asthma (Asthma Data 2015). Asthma is the most significant cause of absences from school in children from the age of five to seventeen (Asthma Data 2015). It is the reason for 13.8 million missed school days every year (Asthma Data 2015). Children are not the only ones affected by asthma (Krames 2010). Adults also have symptoms of this disease (Krames 2010). Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease caused by inflammation of the airways (Crane 2016). While the disease can not be cured, the symptoms can be controlled (Crane 2016). There are a wide variety of symptoms associated with asthma (Asthma 2016). Symptoms include: shortness of breath, coughing, a wheezing sound when inhaling or…

This paper focuses on the treatment and management of asthma, providing background information on the disease, symptoms and diagnosis. A major argument in this paper is patient self-management education are vital in improving the health outcomes of asthmatic patient. Although asthma has no cure and there is different, treatment and management approaches to kept it under control. Emphasis has been put on the medical care and pharmacological approaches in treating and managing asthma. In this…

Asthma Introduction: What is asthma? When you’re breathing healthy you will not notice the process as it isn’t a struggle. Asthma is a common long term inflammatory disease of the airways. From my reading of what asthma is on the Society of Asthma website I have discovered that it affects the airways in your lungs. The airways (alveoli) in your lungs have small tubes that carry air in and out of the lungs. The Asthma Society of Ireland says that when the airways become sensitive to the cold or…

Asthma Study Study design National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute defines asthma as a chronic, lung disease that causes wheezing, chest tightness, coughing and shortness of breath (NIH, 2014). People who have asthma, have inflamed airways (NIH, 2014). It is a condition that has no cure but can be controlled through treatment (NIH, 2014). NIH points out several factors that can trigger or aggravate the symptoms of asthma. These symptoms include allergies (dust, animal hair, cockroaches, mold or…

What is asthma? Asthma is a day-and-night lung weakness that lights and limits the air travel routes. Asthma reasons repeating times of wheezing (a shrieking sound when you inhale), mid-section snugness, shortness of breath, and hacking. The hacking regularly happens during the evening or at a young hour in the morning. To comprehend asthma, it knows how the flying routes work. The navigation routes are tubes that do air into and of your lungs. Individuals who have asthma have excited aviation…

A factor contributing to Asthma is an individual’s occupation. The term ‘Occupational asthma’ can be defined when asthma is triggered because of an individual working environment. Typically, there are jobs, which involve being exposed to specific substances known as respiratory sensitizers, which could potentially causes a sickly response. If exposed for a long duration, it could possibly lead from occupational to chronic Asthma. The main examples that could cause occupational asthma is from a…

In modern Western society, avoiding contact with the numerous pollutants and substances that can trigger an asthma attack is virtually impossible. In the home, the workplace, even in the air we breathe, we're surrounded by an endless list of potential asthma triggers. A vast range of stimuli can trigger asthma attacks. Chief culprits include dust mites, air conditioning (which cycles offending substances into the air we breathe) and something as simple as cat dander! Individual asthmatics,…

habits that have been shown to aid in reducing asthma symptoms or preventing the development of asthma altogether. While there is no doubt in the scientific community that healthy eating leads to a more productive lifestyle, most patients underestimate the power of proper nutrition, especially when it comes to asthma treatment. We hope to dispel some of these notions in this chapter. However, to understand how certain food groups positively or negatively affect asthmatics, we must first discuss…

Asthma, sometimes called bronchial asthma, is a disorder that characterized by twitchy airways also known as hyperreactivity and inflammation in the lungs (Marks, Pearce, Strachan, & Asher, n.d.). The airways that carry air to and from the lungs become narrow and swell and produce extra mucus ("Asthma Facts and Figures | AAFA.org," n.d.). Due to the swelling and inflammation, the airways become hypersensitive because of poor air quality, allergens, and strenuous activities, which trigger…

A Review of Bronchial Asthma and its Pathogenic Mechanisms Introduction Bronchial asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease that is a consequence of an inappropriate immune response and causes severe difficulty in breathing (Kindt, Goldsby et al. 2007). It is characterised by mucus production, airway hyperresponsiveness and reversible inflammation of the airway (Buc, Dzurilla et al. 2009). The global impact of asthma remains high and its prevalence is on the rise. Asthma causes approximately…