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Childhood asthma is a common condition which occurs in twenty percent of children (Buchanan and Cooper, 9) in North America at some point during childhood. Asthma is twice as common in boys as in girls and is more severe in boys than in girls. About eighty percent (Buchanan and cooper, 9) of the children that develop asthma have developed it by the age of five. The condition asthma occurs when the airways are restricted and air can not fully pass through them. ... In children that have asthma the airways are hyper-reactive instead of reactive like in children that have normal breathing. When the bronchi is irritated three things occur to cause an asthma attack. ...
There are many causes of asthma they can be divided into different classifications; allergy factors and environmental factor are the most common factors. ... The asthma symptoms will resist as long as the child is in the presence of the animal. Asthma is rarely caused by food allergens, but asthmatic symptoms may occur after a certain food has been eaten. ... There are some preservatives that may cause an asthma attack. ... Some environmental factors that may trigger an asthma attack are air pollution in large cities, and cigarette smoke. In families that no one smokes the chance that the child’s asthma will worsen is one and half percent. ... (Buchanan and Cooper, 23) Some of the other factors involved with asthma are medications, exercise, change in weather, and emotional factors. Medications that would provoke an asthma attack are ones that contain beta-blockers, and aspirin. Exercise induced asthma attacks can be controlled and prevented with inhalers. ... A child’s emotional state can cause an asthma attack. ...
Asthma is diagnosed in three different ways. ... The child’s history of a cough, wheezing, breathlessness, and repeated cases of bronchitis, is a place to start and if there are other family members with asthma. ... A pulmonary function test is the basic test to diagnose asthma it is when the child is asked to blow into a machine to see how well they are exhaling.
Approximate Word count = 1643
Approximate Pages = 6.6
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