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MARKMITCHNEL <markmitchnel@gmail.com> Sun, 18 Jul 2021 at 15:05

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ARTICLE ON HOW TO FIGHT ASTHMA IN THE INSTITUTION

 

                                       It’s
a day like any other, very early in the morning everybody comes to school
as usual .Normal lesson resume as usual, unfortunately without anybody noticing a strange
thing happens in class one of our class mate just freezes, starts wheezing and has
difficulties in  breathing .What would be the first thing as an institution do.?
We’ve all seen how impulsive the institution reacts towards such astonishing situations. They
rush to call the parent concerning the unexpected scenario which caught everyone by
surprise in which it’s a wise decision to do so but they do not weigh the consequences and
the decisions they come up with.  Asthma is a genetic condition/disorder in which after a
person inhales an allergen for example perfume of pollen grain or even cold there is 
bronchoconstriction and the person has difficulty in breathing due to accumulation of mucus
secretions which tend  to narrow the bronchi so once they  make a call to the parent this can
have a diabolic consequence both to the institution ,the student affected because this will be
a sudden shock to the parent which can cause DEATH that is if the parent maybe was driving
an accident may occur due to the institutions lack of knowledge on how to handle asthmatic
patients . Body response to stress triggers the immune system and cause the release of
certain hormone. This can lead to inflammation within the airways of the lungs, triggering an
asthmatic attack. Death of a parent can be a tragic thing for a student to experience it
knowing it could have been avoided but due to panic of how the institution will be
experiencing by how the asthma attack caught one of the students in the institution. A
research conducted by one of our colleagues, there are more than 15 students in a week who
experience such attacks in the schools fraternity and they do not get the rightful medication
in the school where there should be several inhalers to at least reduce most incidents
happening in an increased rate.
To begin with what is asthma? 
Asthma is basically a chronic disease of the airways with the link to the immune system.
Asthma symptoms are breathlessness or wheezing that’s severe or rapidly worsens,
shortness of breath that’s so bad you can only speak in short phrases, straining hard in order
to breathe, lips or fingers that have turned gray or blue color, no symptom relief after using
your rescue inhaler.
Asthma triggers
1.     Allergies
2.     Food and food additives
3.     Exercise
4.     Heartburn
 5.     Smoking
6.     Sinusitis
7.     Medication
8.     Weather
9.     Smoke
10.Irritants
11.Strong emotions{shock ,stress, sudden sadness, anger}
 
When you have asthma, your airways are always inflamed and sensitive. They react to variety
of external triggers. Contact with these triggers is what causes asthma symptoms. Your
airways tighten and get more inflamed, mucus blocks them, and your symptoms get worse.
An asthma attack can start right after exposure to a trigger or several days or weeks later
Reaction to asthma triggers are different for each person and vary from time to time.
Something may bother you but not others with asthma. You might  have many triggers while
they have none .And while avoiding triggers is a good way to control asthma ,the best ways to
take medications and treatments exactly as prescribed  by your doctor in your asthma action
plan.
And there are various types of asthma and they include;
v allergies and asthma
v Exercise-induced asthma
v Cough-variant asthma
v Occupational asthma{aggressive and irritant asthma}
v Nighttime{ nocturnal}asthma
v Thunderstorm asthma{Thunderstorm asthma can happen when heavy storms hit on a day
with a very high pollen count, usually during the spring, and cause symptoms of an asthma
attack.Grains of pollen get sucked into the storm clouds. Once those grains take in a certain
amount of water, they pop, making even smaller grains. Those smaller grains get into the
wind at ground level. There, they can be breathed in easily. That can lead to asthma attacks.}
v Health conditions that may mimic asthma
 
 
In conclusion as an institution for such occurrences of asthma attacks to reduce high
chances of having bigger consequences they should at least have like 100 inhalers for such
emergencies and it should be looked at with great effect and they should not be ignorant
about it.
 
For first reaction if it the attack happens in class the person should not be carried nor
surrounded by people because the affected person will be breathing using his or her mouth so
by  surrounding the person one will be shortening the oxygen supply.
 
And there are two main stages of asthma that is;
1:Early phase response---peaks 30-60min post exposure, subsides 30-90minutes later
                                   ---characterized primarily by bronchospasm
                               ---increased mucus secretion, edema formation ,and increased amount of
tenacious sputum
                              ---patient experiences wheezing and other symptoms
 
2:late phase response ---hype responsive to allergens
                                        ---increased airway resistance leads to air trapping in alveoli
                                     ---if airway inflammation is not treated or does not resolve , may lead to
irreversible lung damage
 
It’s important for everyone in the community to know the four steps of asthma first aid.

To use asthma first aid:

1. Sit the person upright.

2. Give four puffs of blue reliever puffer. Make sure you shake the puffer, put one puff into a spacer at a time and get the person
to take four breaths of each puff through the spacer. 

Remember: shake, one puff, four breaths. 

If you don’t have a spacer, simply give the person four puffs of their reliever directly in to their mouth. Repeat this until the
person has taken four puffs. 
3. Wait four minutes. If there is no improvement, give four more separate puffs as in step 2. 

Remember: shake, one puff, four breaths.

4. If there is still no improvement, call 911 for an ambulance. Tell the operator that someone is having an asthma emergency.
Keep giving the person four separate puffs of reliever medication, taking four breaths for each puff, every four minutes until
the ambulance arrives.

If you are not sure if someone is having an asthma attack, you can still use blue reliever medication because it is unlikely to cause
harm.

 
A coffee, soda, tea, or other drink with caffeine can help your airways open. A small amount of caffeine can help you breathe better
for up to 4 hours. We need more research to know if caffeinated drinks can permanently help with symptoms of asthma

                                                              By markmitchnel mwangi  

 
 

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