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ASTHMA

ASTHMA. By: LR. Definition. Inflammatory disorder of the airways leading to the lungs Long term lung disease that causes airways to inflame, close and fill with mucus, making breathing difficult

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ASTHMA

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  1. ASTHMA By: LR

  2. Definition • Inflammatory disorder of the airways leading to the lungs • Long term lung disease that causes airways to inflame, close and fill with mucus, making breathing difficult • There are 4 different levels of asthma, mild intermittent, mild persistent, moderate persistent, or severe persistent

  3. History • “asthma” is a Greek term • Not a recent condition • Evidence shows that this condition was around during the ancient Egyptian times • Best clinical description of asthma in the earliest book was in the 1st century AD

  4. Causes • Exact cause of asthma is not known • Genetic and environmental factors are theories to what causes asthma such as: • Inherited tendency to develop allergies • Parents with asthma • Infections from childhood

  5. The Airways • People with asthma have inflamed airways • Airways are like tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs, your main airway is the trachea which branches into other smaller airways the bronchioles • Inflamed airways are swollen and very sensitive • Muscles around the airways tighten during an attack, causing less air flow into the lungs

  6. What asthma patients airways look like during an attack

  7. Warning signs before an attack • Allergic itching • A loud cough • Dizziness or lightheaded feeling • When symptoms get more intense it is an asthma attack

  8. Symptoms • Everyone's asthma is different!! • Therefore asthma patients all have different symptoms. • The most common symptoms are: • Wheezing • Chronic cough • Shortness of breath • Tight chest

  9. Other symptoms include: • Pallor- pail skin tone • Sweating • Restless Sleep • Fast Breathing • Increased mucus production • Fatigue

  10. Triggers • Allergens • Irritants • Additives • Strong Smells • Drugs • Exercise • Emotions • Weather

  11. Treatment • There is no cure! • Differs for asthma patients depending on the severeness of their symptoms • Many long term medications such as pills, and puffers. • With today’s knowledge and treatments most people can manage this disease

  12. Comparison between asthma patient that has taken treatment and that has not taken treatment

  13. Diagnosis • Can be difficult to diagnose • Doctors diagnose by: • Family history • Patients medical history • Physical examination • Symptoms • Results from tests/assessments • Can be miss diagnosed as a bad cold

  14. Prognosis • Children tend to outgrow this disease • Adults diagnosed with asthma have much harsher symptoms than children

  15. Future • Number of children under the age of 5 diagnosed with asthma has risen 160% from 1980 – 2006 • New discoveries in medical research field are increasing the medications

  16. STATISTICS • Approximately 300 000 000 people worldwide experiencing asthma symptoms • 8% of adults and 13% of children suffer from asthma symptoms. • In the U.S alone there are 5000 deaths a year from asthma

  17. Facts! • Among children more boys have asthma than girls • Among adults asthma is 35% higher among women than men • Asthma death rates are also higher among women • Asthma cannot be cured! • Affects people of all ages • Most often starts during childhood • Proof that asthma is becoming more common • Most common chronic illness

  18. Bibliography • Berger, W (2008) Living with Asthma. New York, New York: Facts on File • Frey, R (2009) U.X.L Encyclopedia of Diseases and Disorders New York, New York. Gale Cengage Learning. (Volume 1) • Health-Care-Information (2011) Asthma Statistics Worldwide. Retrieved November 7 2011 from http://www.health-care-information.org/diseases/asthma/ • Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (2011) Asthma- A Disease of Antiquity Retrieved November 7, 2011, from http://www.aafa-ca.org/asthma_history.php • National Heart Lung and Blood Institute People Science Health. (2011). What Is Asthma? Retrieved November 10, 2011, from http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/asthma/

  19. Picture Citations • http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/allergies_immune/headers_85831/T_Allergies_1.jpg • http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_70HgxsVpUTo/SBEeBIwSPeI/AAAAAAAAAH4/Ss-1ZuEB6To/s400/asthma2.jpg • http://www.chelationtherapyonline.com/anatomy/images/picpg3.gif • http://www.csn-deutschland.de/blog/en/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Coughing.jpg • http://www.heartfailurematters.org/PublishingImages/shortnessofbreath.jpg • http://www.clipartoday.com/_thumbs/014/Restless_l_tnb.png • http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CoBAEUEaESM/TfrNqm0rMpI/AAAAAAAAAVI/D29e_Fq9T10/s1600/infoaday.blogspot.com+%25281%2529.jpg • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Misc_pollen.jpg/250px-Misc_pollen.jpg

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