Asthma

Health Status: Asthma is known as a chronic respiratory disease that affects the lungs. According to the information provided in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the estimated incidence of asthma in the United States is 16.3 / 1000 of the population. The prevalence data increased between from 2001 to 2010 from 7.3% to 8.4%. It is scientifically proved that half of the population of the United States that has asthma it is caused by smoking tobacco or exposure to tobacco smoke.…

air quality, thus increasing respiratory problems. One disease that results from poor air quality is asthma, a respiratory disease in which difficulty breathing due to narrowing of the bronchi. Asthma is prevalent worldwide and affects children and…

Asthma is a chronic lower respiratory disease (CLRD) that “affects the airways that carry oxygen in and out of the lungs” (CDC, http://ephtracking.cdc.gov/showAsthma.action). Individuals with asthma have sensitive airways that may become narrow or blocked when triggered by pollen, tobacco smoke, mold, physical activity, dust or air pollution (CDC, breathing easier). In the United States, more than 30 million people are affected by asthma (CDC, breathing easier). In Arizona, CLRDs were the third…

Bronchitis is a disease that affects millions of people every year in the United States. It has even played a very important role in my family. My grandfather suffered with COPD and my niece suffers with acute bronchitis. My grandfather had passed away, but I still remember like it was yesterday the struggles he went through with this disease daily. I recall all the doctor visits to the medicine he had to take 3 to 4 times a day and, the hospital stays he had to endure. This paper will discuss…

even though there are reliable sources, it is important to seek medical evaluation and support. The article that was selected was Asthma, from Women’s Health magazine (May, 2013). It was an educational article explaining what asthma is, what philologically happens to the lungs when an asthma attacks occurs. The author does give examples of what can trigger and asthma attack, for example, common allergen (i.e. mold, medication, pollen, cockroaches) as well as exercise, infection and pollution…

Henry Williams is a 74 year old African American male. Mr. Williams was admitted to the hospital with an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Mr. Williams has a past medical history of COPD, cardiovascular disease (CVD), asthma, hearing loss with use of hearing aids, hypertension (HTN), and hyperlipidemia. He smoked one pack per day for 50 years. He quit smoking about 6 years ago. Mr. Williams was sent to the emergency department (ED) by his primary care doctor,…

The Cause and Effect of Mutations on the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Gene and How it Affects Lung Functions in an Individual Sterling Wood Biology 2458 Section 005, Pankaj B.C., October 11, 2015 Introduction Many people do not realize all the different factors that are a necessity when it comes to just breathing. The air we breathe is filled with many different particles and bacteria that could cause major problems if they were to reach the alveoli. With that being said,…

is a device that delivers a specific amount of medication to the lungs, in the form of a short burst of aerosolized medicine that is usually self-administered by the patient via inhalation. It is the most commonly used delivery system for treating asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other respiratory diseases. Metered-dose inhaler products contain therapeutically active ingredients dissolved or suspended in a propellant, a mixture of propellants, or a mixture of solvents,…

‘voluminous lungs’. In 1814 Charles Badham was the first person to refer to ‘catarrh’, meaning chronic inflammation of the mucus membrane. COPD most commonly affects those who have been smokers or those who currently smoke. Along with those who have asthma, secondhand smokers, and people exposed to an environment…

In the pharmaceutical industry, marketplace competition is the only thing that can keep prices in check. This presents a problem for Americans who need to buy from a brand that has essentially monopolized the market of a certain medicine. For instance, over the past eight years, the price of a commonly used medical device, the EpiPen, has been steadily increasing. The EpiPen is an epinephrine auto-injector used to treat severe allergic reactions and anaphylactic shock (Varandani); anaphylactic…