CHILDHOOD ASTHMA Children and Asthma Abstract This paper will discuss the impact asthma has on a child and their family. It will place emphasis on the strains asthma places on the child and their parents. The physiological aspect of asthma as well as its triggers will be reviewed‚ along with its prevalence in today’s society. I will examine how the five developmental domains of child and adolescent development pertain to asthma. Asthma will also be applied to two family theories; the Family
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Living With Asthma and COPD Jaclyn Carroll University of Phoenix Living With Asthma and COPD There are many things to take into consideration when diagnosing and treating asthma and COPD. They have many characteristics that can confuse one for the other and lead to the misdiagnosis and treatments that are associated with each respiratory disease. If one has never been faced with the reality of living with
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Asthma is a condition in which a person’s airways become inflamed‚ narrow‚ and swell‚ and make extra mucus‚ which makes it difficult to breathe. If you have asthma its very difficult breathing through your airways. They become more even swollen and the muscles around the airways can tighten when something triggers your symptoms. Common asthma triggers are allergies‚ tobacco‚ medication‚ emotional anxiety and stress‚ viral and bacterial infections. Symptoms of asthma are coughing‚ shortness of
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Asthma is an inflammatory disorder of the airways‚ which causes attacks of wheezing‚ shortness of breath‚ chest tightness‚ and coughing. There is no cure for asthma‚ but most people can control the condition and lead normal‚ active lives. Different things set off asthma attacks in different people. Smoke from cigarettes or a fire‚ air pollution‚ cold air‚ pollen‚ animals‚ house dust‚ molds‚ strong smells such as perfume or bus exhaust‚ wood dust‚ exercise‚ industrial chemicals all can trigger an
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What Is Asthma? Asthma is a disease that affects your lungs. It is one of the most common long-term diseases of children‚ but adults have asthma‚ too. Asthma causes repeated episodes of wheezing‚ breathlessness‚ chest tightness‚ and nighttime or early morning coughing. If you have asthma‚ you have it all the time‚ but you will have asthma attacks only when something bothers your lungs. In most cases‚ we don’t know what causes asthma‚ and we don’t know how to cure it. We know that if someone in
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with Running head: CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA Children with Asthma Adell Bell Community College of Baltimore Country Children with Asthma According to the center for Disease control and preventing (CDC). Approximately 6.8 million children have been diagnosed with asthma. Asthma is one of the most common‚ serious‚ chronic diseases among children‚ accounting for 13 million absences from school each year. It is the most common chronic childhood illness. Asthma is a recurring inflammatory lung
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Eczema‚ Allergies‚ and Asthma‚ Pediatric Eczema‚ allergies‚ and asthma are common in children‚ and tend to be passed along from parent to child (inherited). These conditions often occur when the body’s disease-fighting (immune) system responds to certain harmless substances as though they were harmful germs (allergic reaction). These substances could be things that your child breathes in‚ touches‚ or eats. The immune system creates proteins (antibodies) to fight the germs‚ which causes your child’s
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Chronic Disease: Asthma Outline Kyle S. Leister SCI-162 08/12/2012 Dr. John Wallman Chronic Disease: Asthma Outline I. Introduction: Looking at Asthma and breaking it down to fully understand the chronic disease. II. Description of Asthma: A. Meaning of Asthma 1. Asthma as a word means‚ “To breathe hard.” Just as the definition of the word‚ people with asthma have a hard time breathing‚ tightness in the chest and wheezing can occur. It is also a chronic disease of the respiratory
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Wendy‚ I think your description of the pathophysiology of asthma was right on point. Due to the release of the mediators causing an increase in blood flow and vasoconstriction‚ which is why his BP increased and experiencing tachycardia. With bronchoconstriction‚ causing him to used excessive muscle to breathing‚ leading him to have tachypnea of 42 with shallow breathing. Since the patient is experiencing exacerbating‚ it is important to act quickly and manage it by early treatment and education
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com “Asthma makes breathing difficult for more than 34 million Americans.” Asthma is a non-curable Respiratory disorder in which the passage way that air flowing in and out of the lungs narrows‚ this causes wheezing‚ shortness of breath‚ and coughing. This narrowing of the wind pipe is a temporary problem is reversible. In some severe cases of asthma death may be a result. Asthma is simply an inflammation of the airway. Other terms associated with asthma are Bronchial asthma and Cardiac asthma. Cardiac
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