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Introduction Dawn Lights, a 21-year-old university student with early onset moderately persistent asthma reported that she was re...
an obstruction of the airway and can involved any or all of the following factors: "smooth muscle bronchoconstriction, mucous secr...
engine contains features that help to limit a search. The writer/tutor selected "scholarly" material published after 10/01/2002 an...
chests as well as wheezing and coughing. The physiological reasons for these responses include spasms in the smooth muscle tissu...
over those ten years it will add to the current level of air pollution in the state. This results in negative effects in terms of ...
of these differences, nursing professionals should identify separate roles for school and community nursing professionals. For ex...
health of the children. This is absolutely tragic. Asthma is obviously a problem of significant concern in this area but physicia...
events (Owen, 2007). This action includes "presentation of antigen by dendritic cells" as well as the "degranulation of mast cells...
through counseling or psychotherapy has been found to be effective in reducing the asthmatic symptoms. However, for the m...
on nursing care, particularly when considering the psychological factors of this model (Saliba, 2006). Breathing is one of the b...
in the prevalence of asthma. Akinbami, Rhodes & Lara (2005) suggest that "many studies have demonstrated that these large disparit...
should include redness, swelling, and the presence of pussy (clouded, yellow) fluid behind the drum (CPS, 2004). In children o...
medication are adequate, symptoms are controlled and most asthma-related problems are avoided (Francis, 2004). There are two maj...
effective methods for control in place for asthma and how have treatment measures changed over time? 4. What is the cost of asthm...
typical medical interventions in treating illness. Yoga can be can be performed in absence of health care professionals, complex e...
subjected to stressful experiences, such as performing "mental arithmetic tasks, watching emotionally charged films and listening ...
this may not improve sleep quality (Mulcahy, 2004). One study has indicated that treatment with melatonin may aid sleep (Barry, 20...
the attack from happening at all. This can be of immense relief to those accustomed to suffering from debilitating asthma attacks,...
primary symptoms of COPD are "wheezing, cough, dyspnea on exertion and increased phlegm production" (Touhy and Jett, 2012, p. 289)...
1996). It is the root cause of epidemics of bronchiolitis and pneumonia and is a serious threat to life of infants younger than o...
reduce hyper responsiveness and inflammatory changes in the airways. Patients with daily symptoms tend to benefit more from regula...
of increasing costs still further and marginalizing greater numbers of individuals and families who no longer can afford the highe...
(Haz-Map, 2003). There are two general categories that cause occupational asthma: 1. Low-molecular weight compounds, which are c...
infants younger than one year (Bozzette, 1996). The virus is extremely potent and has the potential to be deadly (Bozzette, 1996)...
international trade, has also increased pollution from diesel engines (Bostwick, 2004). A 20 parts-per-billion increase in ozone l...
and the effect on the occupational arena. Both articles, however, emphasize that asthma takes a tremendous economic toll in the U...
and a very important factor is a lack of medical attention. All of these things culminate in a situation where people are more vul...
asthma in that geographic area. The advocate would conduct research and identify gaps in the research. They may even participate i...
(HealthyPeople.gov, 2012)? All parents who have children with asthma will be invited to a meeting at the school. At that meeting,...
childhood asthma from the public health department. Meetings will be 30 minutes long. At the end of the two-week course, parents w...