CASE PRESENTATION

INTRODUCTION
What Causes an Asthma Attack? Most asthmatic chil-
dren are sensitive to several attack including agents
however; the attack is dependent on a person's sensi-
tivity level and the intensity of the exposure. Asthma is
caused by a combination of complex environmental
and genetic interactions. There are several factors
which affect the incidence of asthma among children.
These include smoking (children who live in the house
with a smoker), environmental factors, genetics, gender
(more common among boys), allergies, repeated in-
flammation of the respiratory system.
GENERAL OBJECTIVES
 to be able to determine the different parts of
respiratory system that most commonly hits
by diseases.
 to discuss respiratory system, it's diseases.
 to spread awareness about the cause of respiratory
diseases.
 to define the rule of the respiratory system in acid
based balance.
 to be able gather different information about the
respiratory diseases and respiratory system and it's consent.
WHAT IS ASTHMA?
Asthma is a long-term disease of the
lungs. You might hear your doctor call it
a chronic respiratory disease. It causes
your airways to get inflamed and narrow
and makes breathing difficult. Coughing,
wheezing, shortness of breath, and chest
tightness are classic asthma symptoms.
HEALTH PROFILE
Client name: Mrs. L
Occupation: Housewife
Age/sex: 43/Female
Marital status: Married
Address: Purok 3, Talavera, Toledo City
Religion: Roman Catholic
Education: High School Grad.
HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS
Mrs. L’s Asthma started when she was 15 yrs. old
way back 1992 In her childhood, she felt nothing like
there is nothing wrong with her. Before seeking med-
ical help, She prepares and takes hot water and salt
when her asthma attacks. She cannot breathe when it
attacks.
HISTORY OF PREVIOUS ILLNESS

Mrs. L’s Asthma is inheritance or

generation by generation. She does
hospitalization and sometimes goes to
quack doctors.
FAMILY HISTORY
GF GM
(83,N) (72,N)

M F
(80,N) (76,A)

MRS.L
(43,A)
HEALTH PATTERN
Mrs. L believes in the power of quacks doctors about
curing her ill. She never had any vices in her life. She had no
eating pattern, but she is had an allergy of eating chickens and
seafoods. Their dining are safe and well sanitize the tools. When
Mrs.Dilyn urinate and defecate it is normal. When she has a
constipation/lbm she will take the prescribe medicine, yes there is a
toilet inside their house. Their toiles has a fossit and a soap for
washing. Mrs.Dilyn has no exercises patterns, she doesn't have any
time for exercises. She's just doing the Inhale and exhalation things.
Mrs Dilyn's sleeping time is only 5 hours and sometime stoped
because of attacking her asthma. She often to go specialist when
her asthma attacks rapidly. Mrs. Dilyn can communicate in their
community, friends, and family, she even tell jokes. She doesn't have
any memory problems.
Mrs. Dilyn sees her self in their society as a living person and as
a friendly ones, and as a member in their family, she is a
responsible mother and do things well. Mrs. Dilyn is a married
women and takes a big role in taking care of her children. She
is a friendly and a communicator in different social relationship.
Mrs. Dilyn stressed when her asthma attacks her that makes her
breathing unconsciously when she stressed out she will rest and
takes time to do something.
ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Lung- are a pair of spongy, air-filled organs located on either

side of the chest (thorax). The trachea (windpipe) conducts in-
haled air into the lungs through its tubular branches, called
bronchi. The bronchi then divide into smaller and smaller
branches (bronchioles), finally becoming microscopic.

Airways- The path that air follows to get into and out of the
lungs
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
Asthma is a disease that affects the airways of your lungs. With
asthma, your airways' lining tends to always be in a hypersensitive
state characterized by redness and swelling (inflammation). It's
similar to how your skin becomes red, irritated and sensitive after
a sunburn. This hypersensitive state makes the airways react to
things that you are exposed to every day, or asthma "triggers." A
trigger could be the common cold, stress, changes in the weather,
or things in the environment, such as dust, chemicals, smoke and
pet dander
 SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
Book/Online Sample Picture Actual Picture

Exercising that has an Mr. L has the capability of

asthma causes asthma attacks breathing hard

Some asthma attacks you

surprisely
DIAGNOSTIC TEST
Spirometry
MANAGEMENT
Pharmacologic:
NAME OF DRUG USE/ACTION DOSAGE AND
ROUTE
Salbutamol It is a bronchodilator. It is a bronchodilator.
Is a medication that Is a medication that
opens up the medium opens up the medium
and large airways in and large airways in
the lungs. the lungs.
Prednisone Prednisone is 8 ounces/
used as an anti- 240 milliliters
inflammatory or Taken if asthma
an immunosup- attacks
pressant medi-
cation. Pred-
nisone treats
many different
conditions such
as allergic dis-
orders, skin
conditions, ul-
cerative colitis,
arthritis, lupus,
psoriasis, or
CONCLUSION
The asthma really affects the responsibility of Mrs. L because
she cannot take care of her children, they cannot do such
works if ever her asthma attacks on her. Sometimes she just
lied on her children just to do such cares and chores. No,
Mrs. L doesn’t have any ongoing care. Yes, she knows what
her disease is. It has really a big help in conducting this
research to be able to know how to cure the said disease. It
also has a big impact for us to know the different medicines
to take if ever it would happen in our family member.

Mrs. L really help us in knowing such thing like the medicine

to be take and how it will be cured if ever there’s no money
to be treated in hospital. Conducting this case study also
help us in order for us to know what are the organs that
has been affected in having an asthma.
RECOMMENDATION
The students would like to recommend to
those who have the same illness that Mrs. L
had. To those who suffer asthma they should
avoid from any nasal infection or any smells
that can affects/cause from asthma, they
should also take the medicine that the doc-
tors prescribed. They should not risk their lives
causing the asthma attacks.