Pdhpe Assignment Year12
Asthma
With asthma, the muscles in the airways tighten and the lining becomes swollen and inflamed, producing sticky mucous. These changes cause the airways to become narrow, making it difficult to breathe.
Most people with asthma only have symptoms when they inhale a ‘trigger’ such as pollen, exercise without the right preparation, or catch a cold or flu.
Although asthma is not yet curable, with good management, people with asthma can lead normal, active lives.
Asthma tends to run in families.
Many people with asthma will have someone else in their family with asthma too. However, asthma affects everyone differently – even two children from the same family can have different asthma patterns and triggers.
Around one in ten Australians have asthma – about one in ten adults and one in nine or ten children. It is often associated with other allergic conditions like hay fever and eczema.
Symptoms of asthma:
Typical asthma symptoms include: * Coughing * Tight feeling in the chest * Wheezing – whistling noise when breathing * Shortness of breath * Struggling to breathe
These symptoms are often worse at night, in the early morning or during exercise.
Children may also: * Not eat or drink as much * Cry * Have a tummy ache and vomiting * Become tired quickly * Get more puffed out than usual when running and playing.
Causes of asthma:
Asthma symptoms are triggered by different things for different people. Some common triggers are: * Allergy triggers like house dust mites, pollens, pets and moulds * Cigarette smoke * Viral infections (for example, colds and flu) * Cold air or changes in the weather * Work-related triggers (for example, wood dust, chemicals, metal salts) * Some medicines
Treatment for asthma:
Asthma can be well controlled with the appropriate medication in almost all people. The main types of medication are: * Relievers – act quickly to relax the muscles around the
With asthma, the muscles in the airways tighten and the lining becomes swollen and inflamed, producing sticky mucous. These changes cause the airways to become narrow, making it difficult to breathe.
Most people with asthma only have symptoms when they inhale a ‘trigger’ such as pollen, exercise without the right preparation, or catch a cold or flu.
Although asthma is not yet curable, with good management, people with asthma can lead normal, active lives.
Asthma tends to run in families.
Many people with asthma will have someone else in their family with asthma too. However, asthma affects everyone differently – even two children from the same family can have different asthma patterns and triggers.
Around one in ten Australians have asthma – about one in ten adults and one in nine or ten children. It is often associated with other allergic conditions like hay fever and eczema.
Symptoms of asthma:
Typical asthma symptoms include: * Coughing * Tight feeling in the chest * Wheezing – whistling noise when breathing * Shortness of breath * Struggling to breathe
These symptoms are often worse at night, in the early morning or during exercise.
Children may also: * Not eat or drink as much * Cry * Have a tummy ache and vomiting * Become tired quickly * Get more puffed out than usual when running and playing.
Causes of asthma:
Asthma symptoms are triggered by different things for different people. Some common triggers are: * Allergy triggers like house dust mites, pollens, pets and moulds * Cigarette smoke * Viral infections (for example, colds and flu) * Cold air or changes in the weather * Work-related triggers (for example, wood dust, chemicals, metal salts) * Some medicines
Treatment for asthma:
Asthma can be well controlled with the appropriate medication in almost all people. The main types of medication are: * Relievers – act quickly to relax the muscles around the