Accessible version: yosemite.epa.gov Asthma Awareness: Tracey Mitchell, a registered Respiratory Therapist and a Certified Asthma Educator from EPA’s Office of Radiation and Indoor Air and Marcela Gieminiani from the Asthma and Allergy Network-Mothers of Asthmatics, discuss symptoms, triggers, prevention steps, and resources for dealing with asthma. For more about asthma: epa.gov For more about EPA: www.epa.gov We accept comments according to our comment policy: blog.epa.gov Disclaimer: The US Government does not promote or endorse any non-Government or commercial content appearing on this page.
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. National Institutes of Health. Childhood Asthma Management Program: Asthma Feelings. AVA19988VNB1, 1996. The Asthma Feeling video explores the way asthmatic children feel about their disease and ways to cope with being ‘different’. The video is designed to help children feel more comfortable with having asthma and not allow it to cause undue interference in the lifestyle of the person. Producer: National Institutes of Health. Creative Commons license: Public Domain Asthma is a chronic medical condition. It has been defined by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute as a common chronic disorder of the airways that is complex and characterized by variable and recurring symptoms, airflow obstruction, bronchial hyperresponsiveness (bronchospasm), and an underlying inflammation. The interaction of these features of asthma determines the clinical manifestations and severity of asthma and the response to treatment. Public attention in the developed world has recently focused on asthma because of its rapidly increasing prevalence, affecting up to one in four urban children. Asthma is caused by a complex interaction of environmental and genetic factors that researchers do not yet fully understand.[55] These factors can also influence how severe a persons asthma is and how well they respond to medication. As with other complex diseases, many environmental and genetic factors have been suggested as causes of asthma, but not all studies …
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The Jackson Clinic presents part 3/5 in Merck’s “Controlling Asthma” Series. The Jackson Clinic offers asthma control and other respiratory services to patients throughout Jackson, West Tennessee and all over the Mid-South, including Jonesboro, Memphis, Tupelo and Huntsville.
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From www.allergyasthmanow.com May is asthma month – but even though every day cannot be World Asthma Day – there are a few simple things you can do right now to help beat asthma. If you have asthma, it’s important to take steps to control the disease – and get yourself free from asthma. That includes making sure you have an up to date asthma action plan, scheduling a follow-up health visit for asthma, being sure you have a short-acting asthma inhaler, being sure it’s clean and checking your inhaler technique. The Asthma Control Test can be found at: www.asthmacontroltest.com/ This video was developed by the Respiratory & Allergic Disease Foundation and the National Asthma Campaign. Funding was provided, in part, by Teva Pharmaceuticals USA.
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The Jackson Clinic presents part 1/5 in Merck’s “Controlling Asthma” Series. The Jackson Clinic offers asthma control and other respiratory services to patients throughout Jackson, West Tennessee and all over the Mid-South, including Jonesboro, Memphis, Tupelo and Huntsville.
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