Did. You know that asthma kills 10 individuals every day in the US? Mostly females.
No one can forget the case back in 2014 when Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York City was shouting, “I can’t breath”, “I can’t breath” repeatedly leading up to his death while a police officer held him in a choke hold. The difference with him and someone suffering from asthma is that their choke hold is an “inflammation” that blokes their airway preventing them from breathing without much warning to themselves or you.
What is asthma?
Last month we interviewed Dr. Mayank Shukla, MD, one of the leading experts in his field fighting to save lives and attack one of the asthmatic triggers – allergies.
“ Asthma is a chronic airways disease resulting from a person’s airways becoming inflamed, narrowed and swollen, thus producing extra mucus, which makes it difficult to breathe.”
Just a month ago I witnessed a Mexican mother at the hospital reception desk trying to get a form to remit her son who had been out of school since his asthma attack. She was explaining that her son could not return to school without that form. How many school days did he have to miss?
Can Asthma be prevented?
Asthma is not just one disease but the end stages of many diseases and triggers. It is believed to be brought on by a lowered or unhealthy immune system – the causes of which are a domino impact. A ‘combination of asthma and obesity can trigger other metabolic diseases in adulthood, including pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes.
Asthma can be treated but can we avoid the poplar triggers?
Join us at our Asthma Day live event and have your questions and more answered while having fun with your kids while learning how to live with asthma or preventative methods to avoid suffering from it.
Interesting links
Help Prevent Symptoms
Learn about asthma triggers, treatment options, and more.
Early-life asthma may contribute to childhood obesity
Asthma affects millions of children in the United States, and so does obesity.
Thanks for finally talking about it. Pollution creates our lives asthmatic. We became sick in the cities. Cities are more than just human ghettos.
2019-06-25 at 12:53 pmAsthma kills 1 to every 4 kids. Tragic! – thank you, there is no enough talk about this. I lost my kiddo, I know and I want it you now.
2022-03-30 at 9:09 amI your approach to this issue.
2022-07-07 at 4:56 amI wish city health authorities will do more than rumble about topics. Pollution is terrible. Garbage is just one factor. According to study done years ago, in New York City we are living with 2.5 million rats. Recently I watched documentary about rangers who running around town chasing them down. Rats and garbage, pollution, contribute greatly to the factor of humans getting more affected with allergies. This means more and more people have asthma. Numbers are terrible I agree.
2022-11-17 at 11:50 pmdefinitely, killing me daily
2023-04-15 at 5:29 pm