Asthma is a chronic disease that causes the airways - the tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs - to become sore and swollen. In the United States‚ about 20 million people have asthma. Nearly 9 million of them are children. Children have smaller airways than adults‚ which makes asthma especially serious for them. Children with asthma may experience wheezing‚ coughing‚ chest tightness and trouble breathing‚ especially early in the morning or at night. ("Asthma In Children"‚ 2012). Anyone
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and chest tightness caused by asthma are relieved by bronchodilator inhalers. It used for fast relieve the blockage airway of breath due to asthma. They can be used before people exercise. Asthma Nebulizer this a machine used to anyone who have difficult to breath and they can not use small inhalers. It changes the medicine from liquid to mist to make inhaler in to lungs. It`s fast than an inhaler. Asthma inhaler is the most used one and easiest to use to relieve asthma. There are different types available
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Michigan even lists dark chocolate as one of the essential foods as a part of their “Healing Foods Pyramid.” In fact‚ they recommend 7 ounces of dark chocolate every week‚ or an average of 1 ounce per day (John Bottrell‚ The Effects of Chocolate on Asthma (or reasons to consume chocolate)). The chocolate is one of the essential foods because is also a healing food‚ it can help you to prevent sicknesses‚ as cough. Chocolate can prevent sicknesses. One study showed that 300 mg of theobromine was effective
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2.6 hours Continuing Education By Susan Corbridge‚ PhD‚ APN‚ ACNP‚ AE-C‚ and Thomas C. Corbridge‚ MD‚ FCCP ASTHMA in Adolescents and Adults Guideline-based diagnosis and management. A 24-year-old woman presents to an NP‚ reporting a two-year history of episodic cough‚ chest tightness‚ and shortness of breath. (This patient is a composite of several cases we’ve encountered in our practice.) Over the past three months‚ episodes have become slightly more frequent‚ occurring on an average of
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and grain. There are many complications of COPD‚ the most common are pneumonia‚ pneumothorax‚ cor pulmonale‚ atelectasis‚ and in severe cases there maybe respiratory insufficiency and failure (Bare‚ Cheever‚ Hinkle‚ & Smeltzer‚ 2010). Nursing management for a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease begins with assessment; gathering information from the patient including detailed medical history‚ present symptoms and evaluate findings of diagnostic tests. Symptoms vary with each patient
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The Asthma Epidemic: Diagnosis‚ Treatments and Management‚ all prospects towards a better future Asthma is a multifactorial chronic disorder that has displayed a significant increase in prevalence and incidence worldwide over the past two decades‚ particularly in developed countries (Hazeldine‚ 2013). The World Health Organization estimates that 235 million people currently suffer from this common respiratory condition. Despite this growth‚ over that same period of time‚ global asthma mortality
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Chronic Disease‚ Asthma Good morning to our beloved lecturer and my fellow classmate. In our advanced world nowadays‚ we have discovered about lots kinds of diseases. Among those diseases that have been discovered is asthma. Generally‚ we knew that asthma is a lung-related disease and it does make breathing become difficult. But did you know that asthma is being thought to be caused by combination of genetic and environmental factors? Did you know that across this entire world the number of people
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Zapote Road‚ Pamplona‚ Las Piñas City College of Nursing A Case Study of Bronchial Asthma In Acute Exacerbation (BAIAE) Submitted by: Angela Marie Ferrer BSN 3B July 17‚ 2012 Definition A condition of the lungs characterized by widespread narrowing of the airways due to spasm of the smooth muscle‚ edema of the mucosa‚ and the presence of mucus in the lumen of the bronchi and bronchioles. Bronchial asthma is a chronic relapsing inflammatory disorder with increased responsiveness of tracheobroncheal
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The Effects of Asthma on Teens My Capstone Project is on Asthma. The patient‚ a high school cheerleader‚ named Tammy is 17-years old and has been diagnosed with asthma. Tammy is an active teenager who attends many social events. After high school‚ she plans to attend View University on a cheerleading scholarship. Tammy is nervous about living away from home and has trouble controlling her asthma. It is very important for Tammy to understand what asthma‚ how to control it and if it will
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Overview Asthma is a chronic lung disease. People who have asthma have inflamed‚ narrowed airways which make it difficult to breathe. They may experience wheezing‚ chest tightness‚ shortness of breath and coughing which is often at night. Swollen airways can produce an excess of mucus which can make the airways even narrower (see appendix A). In some cases asthma symptoms are minimal and go away on their own however sometimes they are exacerbated‚ this is called an asthma attack. Treatment
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