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Asthma in Children
Nationwide 6 percent of the population suffer from asthma The rates in West Oakland are much higher One fifth of West Oakland s children suffer from asthma Not only is asthma dangerous in the short term it can also have long term health effects says nurse Mary Frazier of the West Oakland Asthma Coalition A normal lung when it gets right down to where the oxygen goes into the bloodstream and the carbon dioxide comes out is just one cell thick says Frazier If you get asthma flares and frequent pneumonias things that irritate the lungs over time you actually get lung remodeling The lung tissue itself begins to thicken That can be reversed with good asthma treatment But if it continues over time you end up with chronic lung disease And that leads to things like chronic pneumonia chronic bronchitis eventually emphysema <a href= http www kqed org quest television view 546 >View the companion KQED TV piece on KQED QUEST< a> and discuss it in the <a href= http www kqed org quest blog 2007 09 04 perilous diesel finding creative solutions >QUEST Community Science Blog< a>
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What s the Problem Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airway passages in the lungs Attacks occur when the airways narrow after a viral infection during
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Asthma Asthma is a disease in which inflammation of the airways causes airflow into and out of the lungs to be restricted When an asthma attack occurs the muscles of the bronchial tree
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The major features of the lungs include the bronchi the bronchioles and the alveoli The alveoli are the microscopic blood vessel lined sacks in which oxygen and carbon dioxide gas are
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Isometric growth of lungs and airways in asthma Treatment of asthma Children and adolescents were treated with a bronchodilator drug salbutamol to which were added either a placebo drug or an inhaled
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Asthma Statistics Asthma is the leading chronic disease in children and teens In an asthma attack the muscles around the bronchial tubes the airways become inflamed and produce excess mucus The airways
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How your lungs work To understand what happens in asthma it s useful to know how the lungs work and what they do Oxygen passes into your blood through tiny air sacs in your lungs The lungs sit in the center of your chest behind your ribs Their main job is to get oxygen from the air into your
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Take a look at the story below from a mom just like you and hear about how an asthma controller medication helped her gain control
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Free Asthma Screenings Across U S in May HealthCentral com points out that children and adults across the U S can get checked for asthma free of charge during the 11th annual Nationawide Asthma Screening Program sponsored by the
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be underestimated More children are admitted to hospital with asthma than any other chronic condition It is also a leading cause of emergency room visits What is asthma Asthma is a chronic inflammatory condition that occurs in the smaller airways of the lungs What happens when asthma is triggered
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These days no one would dare call it hell with the lid off And the streetlight don t switch on at noon anymore because the heavy soot that polluted the city s skies in the 1940s and 50s turned midday into midnight Truth is the air here is so much better than in our recent past But that doesn t mean you can breathe easy You see just about anywhere you go in Allegheny County tiny particles float in the air Even on the clearest day they re out there So small that you ll never see one But day after day you breathe them And that s the problem Not even the biggest hometown boosters will deny the facts The air here sucks Which is terrible since we all have to suck that air into our lungs In fact the American Lung Association ranks the air here as the second worst in the nation And no one really wants to be number one in this category Some people will tell you that the Clairton Coke Works fouls the local stats And that s true But even disregarding the pollution in the area our air would still rank among the top 20 worst Though some politicians will tell you that 50 percent of the problems drifts into the state from the Midwest at least half our pollution is homegrown And before you talk about that coke plant in the Mon Valley here s what the experts will tell you the enemy is us Yeah cars buses and trucks spew tons of the microscopic pollutants in the air As do any number of coal burning power plants that supply the ever increasing amounts of electricity we demand So we re all guilty We all have a hand in causing the rank air here And we can all be be part of the solution too It s called conservation And it really is that easy
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about 5 of adults and 20 of children have asthma The word asthma comes from the Greek language It means to breathe hard Asthma is a disease of the respiratory system Your lungs are in your chest They are connected to your throat by a tube called the windpipe or trachea The air you breathe is sucked up your nose or into your mouth down
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Obesity appears to play a role in airway hyper responsiveness and asthma severity How does obesity affect Asthma Obesity affects the anatomy of both the lungs and airways In children for instance the mechanical load of obesity can affect lung growth resulting in smaller lungs and reduced pulmonary
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Asthma is a condition which affects the lungs and airways and can sometimes result in a child having severe difficulties with breathing Scope the Children with Asthma Care Pathway
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to the center of her chest She missed thirty days of school last winter because of asthma Yet her condition went undiagnosed until her first visit to the clinic several months ago When asthma gripped my own lungs I had the middle class advantages of good air we lived on a quiet street in a small college town and good health care My parents even bought a special
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Lungs Having asthma shouldn t stop you from playing sports Check out these tips for exercising with asthma
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