WHAT ARE LIFE RISK FACTORS OF ASTHMA

WE CHOSE ASTHMA BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR FRIENDS HAVE ASTHMA AND WE WANTED TO RESEARH MORE ABOUT IT

15 POINTS ON ASTHMA

• When you have a clogged airway it makes it hard to breathe
• Mucus usually causes the clog in the airway
• Most asthmatics have minor asthma
• In some cases it may lead to a life threatening attack
• Over 2.5 million Australians have asthma

15 POINTS ON ASTHMA

• Asthma may cause difficulty breathing,chest pain,cough and wheezing.
• The symptoms sometimes may flare up
• Asthma is a long term lung condition
• An asthma flare-up can come on slowly over hours, days or even weeks or very quickly over minutes
• About 1in 10 adults and about 1 in 9 children have asthma

15 POINTS ON ASTHMA

• Smoking can cause asthma to be worse
• Asthmatic attacks Can be triggered by allergens, exercise,smoke,pollution or airway infections
• In the last decade, the number of people with asthma have increased by 15%
• Asthma cost the country more than $50 billion every year in health care cost
• There's no cure for asthma

LEVELS OF ASTHMA

• Intermittent Asthma
• Mild persistent
• Moderate persistent
• Severe persistent

(Severe persistent )
This group of children has symptoms multiple times per day, have a decrease in their physical activity, and have frequent flare-ups. Nighttime symptoms occur frequently.

(Moderate persistent )
This group of children has symptoms every day, and may have actively levels affected by the flare-ups. Nighttime symptoms occur greater than one time a week.

(Mild persistent)
This group of children has symptoms more than two times a week, but not daily, and may have activity levels affected by the flare-ups. Nighttime symptoms occur greater than two times a month, but no more than once per week.

(Intermittent persistent)
This group of children has symptoms no more than two times a week, do not have problems in-between flare-ups, and only have short flare-ups from a few hours to a few days. Nighttime symptoms occur less than two times a month.

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