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=RESEARCH= =QUESTION:= || ** Causes of Asthma ** || []
 * **Citation** (title, author, publication, date, URL, etc.) || National Health Lung and Blood Institute (National Institutes of Heath)

The Asthma Update Alvin Silverstein et al.

Environment Asthma Link? http://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/12/science/health-watch-environment-asthma-link.html?fta=y || · Record only important info · **PARAPHRASE** · Try to find a short effective quote || · One exact cause of asthma isn’t determined yet but there combinations of factors contribute to asthma, such as: · An inherited tendency to develop allergies · Parents who have asthma · Certain respiratory infections during childhood · Contact with allergens in infancy or early childhood when the immune system is developing · Asthma often develops in childhood · In the US, around 22 million people have asthma, and 6 million of these people are children
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· Many genes have been linked with asthma, but if you inherited these combinations of genes, it only increases your chances of developing asthma. · If one parent has asthma, there is 40% to 50% increased chance of getting asthma, if two parents have asthma, then it is 80% or more · Most people with asthma also have allergies · For people with allergies, allergy attacks can trigger an asthma attack as well · Having allergies can increase the chances of developing the disease

· Asthma cases have doubled in the US in two decades; environmental changes could be a factor · //The genetic makeup of the population couldn't have changed enough to see the increases in asthma that are being seen in many developed countries, said Dr. Stephen Redd of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. So there's got to be some kind of environmental exposure, but exactly what that is really isn't known.// · Dr. Irwin Redlener, president of the Children's Health Fund, said factors in the increase in cases might include everything from outdoor pollutants to cockroaches, mites and tobacco smoke. || · Ideas, reactions to information · Your opinions · Ways to present this info on your wiki · Images/video to support this || Three sections: Genes Allergies Environment? || =RESEARCH= =QUESTION:= || ** Symptoms of Asthma ** || CDC
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The Asthma Update Alvin Silverstein et al. || · Record only important info · **PARAPHRASE** · Try to find a short effective quote || · An asthma attack is when the sides of your airways swell, and the space between the airways shrink. Less air passes between the lungs, and mucus produced by the body clogs up the airways further. · Is a long tern disease of the lungs, characterized by wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and nighttime or early morning coughing · You will have asthma forever, but asthma attacks only occur when something bothers your lungs.
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· Asthma is caused by over-sensitive airways. They overreact when foreign substances are breathed in, and the immune system that is causes inflammation and breathing difficulty · Asthma is a chronic disease, you will always have asthma. However, if asthma is managed well, the symptoms can be reduced · “Asthma is a condition that causes the lung airways to become narrow. This can make breathing very difficult” || · Ideas, reactions to information · Your opinions · Ways to present this info on your wiki · Images/video to support this || Picture about symptoms (See asthma.jpg) || =RESEARCH= =QUESTION:= || ** Treatment of Asthma ** || Alvin Silverstein et al.
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You Can Control Your Asthma CDC

Dictionary - Bronchodilator http://kidshealth.org/parent/asthma_basics/dictionary/bronchodilator.html || · Record only important info · **PARAPHRASE** · Try to find a short effective quote || · There is no cure for asthma, but it can be controlled · Asthma can be suppressed with medication · There are two types of medication that is available, quick relief and long-term control · Bronchodilators is a popular quick-relief medication; They relax the muscles in the airways so that the person can breath · Long-term control medicines seek to prevent asthma · “Asthma attacks that are caused by allergens can be controlled with medications that treat allergy symptoms”
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“Asthma medication can be inhaled, or breathed in, and some can be taken as a pill…Asthma medicines come in two types—quick-relief and long-term control. Quick-relief medicines control the symptoms of an asthma attack. Long-term control medicines help you have fewer and milder attacks, but they don’t help you if you’re having an asthma attack.”

“ || · Ideas, reactions to information · Your opinions · Ways to present this info on your wiki · Images/video to support this || Image of an inhaler? || =RESEARCH= =QUESTION:= || ** Preventing Asthma ** || []
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The Asthma Update Alvin Silverstein et al. || · Record only important info · **PARAPHRASE** · Try to find a short effective quote || · “Currently, there isn’t a way to prevent asthma from occurring in the first place. However, one can take steps to control the disease and prevent its symptoms” · The best way to prevent asthma attacks is to avoid triggers · Also, controlling allergies if you have them · Checking your peak flow is a good idea, it shows if your airways are narrowing || · Ideas, reactions to information · Your opinions · Ways to present this info on your wiki · Images/video to support this || Where’s my inhaler cartoon || =RESEARCH= =QUESTION:= || Theodore Roosevelt – His Asthma || [] [] || · Ideas, reactions to information · Your opinions · Ways to present this info on your wiki · Images/video to support this || A before and after picture of teddy ||
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 * Try to find a short effective quote || * Theodore Roosevelt had asthma when he was a kid.
 * He was so sick that he couldn’t even go to school or play with other kids
 * He was privately tutored until he went to college.
 * Doctors recommended him to take “vacations on the coast”, “smoke cigars”, and to “drink whiskey and coffee”
 * Legend has it that he was later bullied by a group of stronger boys, and to prevent that from happening again, he was settled on building his strength so his father built a gym for him.
 * Eventually, his asthma disappeared and his strength increased, and by the time he went to college, he was quite athletic ||
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