Childhood Asthma
Childhood Asthma
Tan Huynh
Delaware Technical Community College
Outline
I. Topic
Thesis: People will know more information about asthma, cause of it and treatments for your child.
II. Body A. What is asthma? 1. Define asthma 2. Asthma is an issue in the US 3. Limited activities 4. Symptoms of asthma B. Cause of asthma heredity, allergy, viruses, and environment 1. Heredity 2. Allergy 3. Viruses 4. Environment 5. Nervous system C. Treatments 1. Quick-relief medications 2. Long-term control medications 3. Tracking asthma
III. Conclusion
Childhood Asthma
The powerful of development made in medicine in the 20th and 21st century even though there are still many terrifying diseases and illnesses yet to be conquered. One of the most mysterious of these is asthma and the statistics for asthma in the US are alarming. The numbers show rates of asthma among Americans has been increasing for the past few years and will likely continue to raise according to recent asthma statistics. (CDC, 2011, p. 3) When people have heard about asthma, they know that it’s an illness which is relative with respiratory organs. They may not know exactly what it is, how and why their children have that disease. Understanding about asthma is a good way to protect and treatments children.
Asthma is a complex illness and can be defined in many ways. Basically asthma is a chronic disease of the airway of the lungs. Unfortunately, asthma never goes away, but the right treatment can help keep it under control. There are three overall contributing factors leading to the development of asthma. First, there is an airway obstruction in which the airways of the lungs or bronchial tubes are narrowed. Airway obstruction is a common symptom of asthma that may be caused by environmental factors, allergies or stress. Because air can no longer flow smoothly in these passageways, obstruction occurs. However, because these tubes which
Tan Huynh
Delaware Technical Community College
Outline
I. Topic
Thesis: People will know more information about asthma, cause of it and treatments for your child.
II. Body A. What is asthma? 1. Define asthma 2. Asthma is an issue in the US 3. Limited activities 4. Symptoms of asthma B. Cause of asthma heredity, allergy, viruses, and environment 1. Heredity 2. Allergy 3. Viruses 4. Environment 5. Nervous system C. Treatments 1. Quick-relief medications 2. Long-term control medications 3. Tracking asthma
III. Conclusion
Childhood Asthma
The powerful of development made in medicine in the 20th and 21st century even though there are still many terrifying diseases and illnesses yet to be conquered. One of the most mysterious of these is asthma and the statistics for asthma in the US are alarming. The numbers show rates of asthma among Americans has been increasing for the past few years and will likely continue to raise according to recent asthma statistics. (CDC, 2011, p. 3) When people have heard about asthma, they know that it’s an illness which is relative with respiratory organs. They may not know exactly what it is, how and why their children have that disease. Understanding about asthma is a good way to protect and treatments children.
Asthma is a complex illness and can be defined in many ways. Basically asthma is a chronic disease of the airway of the lungs. Unfortunately, asthma never goes away, but the right treatment can help keep it under control. There are three overall contributing factors leading to the development of asthma. First, there is an airway obstruction in which the airways of the lungs or bronchial tubes are narrowed. Airway obstruction is a common symptom of asthma that may be caused by environmental factors, allergies or stress. Because air can no longer flow smoothly in these passageways, obstruction occurs. However, because these tubes which
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