Asthma
- Created by: elisegodbehere
- Created on: 11-04-14 09:09
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- Asthma
- What is it?
- A respiratory condition marked by spasms in the bronchi of the lungs, causing difficulty in breathing.
- Usually results from an allergic reaction or other forms of hypersenitivity
- Symptoms
- Feeling breathless
- A tight chest
- Wheezing, whistling sound when breathing
- Coughing, usually in the morning and night
- Attacks triggered by exercise, exposure to allergens and other triggers
- Severe attacks
- Too breathless to speak
- Pulse is racing
- Lips or fingernails are blue
- Blue inhaler (reliever) doesn't work
- Risk Factors
- Family history
- Food allergies
- Having bronchiolitis as a child
- Being exposed to smoke as a child
- Being born prematurely
- Being born with low birth weight
- Causes
- Infections
- Medicines
- Allergens
- Indoor conditions - mould
- Weather conditions
- Sulphites in foods
- Food allergies
- Emotional factors
- Airborne irritants
- Exercise
- Peak flow test
- Measures how much you breathe out in one breath
- Spirometry
- Measures the volume of air you breathe out in one second
- Measures the total amount of air you breathe out
- Treatment and Management
- Inhalers
- Spacers
- Oral steroids
- Medicine in the form of tablets
- Complementary therapies
- Impact on the client
- Fear and anxiety
- Loss of control
- Anger and guilt
- Hypervigilance
- Denial
- Embarressment
- What is it?
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