Asthma
By Kailey and Kaitlyn
Do you know anyone with asthma? Well we wanted to research a disease, that was simple, but powerful. We chose asthma because we know some kids even in our grade who have asthma, so it must happen to kids and adults. Click on pictures to see some facts
What is Asthma?
Asthma is a disease that affects your lungs. It blocks the air ways, your lung gets all swollen and it is hard to breath this is called an asthma attack.There is no offical cure. Adults and children can get asthma.
What is the Cure?
The cure is to take your medicine when your doctor tells you, most likely your medicine is an inhaler (shown left).
How you take your medicine, shake your inhaler for 2-5 seconds, take off cap, if not taken in last 48 hours press button but don't put cap in mouth, put lips around hole, push button try and hold your breath for about 10 seconds. To see in action watch video bellow. Just so you know there is no offical cure.
Who is Most Likely to get Asthma?
Well according to National Health Interview Survey 9.5% Children and 8.2% Adults, so a child, 7.2% male and 9.7% female, so a child who is a girl, 8.2% whites, 11.6% African-Americans, and 7.3% Hispanic. So if you are an African-American girl who is a child you are most likely to get asthma.
How to Use an Inhaler
The above video demonstrates how to use an inhaler
Can you Die from Asthma? What is an Asthma Attack
Asthma is still a disease, so yes you can die from it, actually 4,000 people die from asthma each year. An asthma attack is when you start coughing, getting chest tightenings, when you start wheezing, and you have trouble breathing, what is happening is your lungs are swelling up and blocking the air ways. To get an asthma attack you need to get triggered, triggers are different for everyone who has asthma, to see what it looks like watch video below.
How an asthma attack occurs
Kaitlyn and Kailey
We were interested in a disease so we chose asthma.
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