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Asthma Informative Speech
General Purpose: To Inform
General Topic: Asthma
Introduction
Attention Getter/ Audience Analysis: Hi Guys, today im going to talk about a disease that affects 25 million Americans today. The annual cost of this disease is said to be nearly 18 million each year. It is the fourth leading cause of work absenteeism which totals to as much as 15 million workdays missed each year. Close to nine people die a day because of it, and in the last decade the amount of people with this disease has increased by nearly 15% in the United States. I’m talking about asthma. A disease that the Department of Health and Human Services has defined as a chronic lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways.
Speaker Credibility: I have suffered from asthma. Through the years it has sslowly subsided but I remember having to carry my inhaler with me
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Body djakfjkjdsljfslkjdfl Asthma can be easily triggered by many things.
One persons triggers can be very different fromthose of someone else with asthma.
According to the American Lung Associtation there are four main causes which include; genetics, allergies, respiratory infection or bad weather such as high humidity, or cold and dry air.
About 80% of people with asthma have allergies to aireborne substances like grass, mold or dust.
Transitions: The avoidence of all possible asthma triggers can be difficult and even if an asthmatic pserson is able to tolerate one trigger, encountering a combination of them can have an asthmatic suddenly gasing for air. Thats why treatmeant and prevention are so important to keep asthma under control.

The most used treatment for asthma are inhaled medication. Unfortunately there is no definite cure for it.
The American Colllege of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology has mentioned that one of the most effective treatments for asthma is the inhalation of corticosteriods, which are inflammatory medication control for

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