People who live in upstate New York don’t experience the same asthma disparities as those living in the upper part of the Bronx. The environment where some people live could contribute to asthma triggers. People are more susceptible to Asthma then people living in non-polluted areas. As a result, the different kinds of Asthma that impoverished New Yorkers suffer from are: Pollution, Pet dander, and inhabitable living conditions.
Pollutants, the chemicals in traffic fumes, can irritate the airways and trigger asthma symptoms. The little particles found in dust their small enough to get into the lungs, causing inflammation making asthma symptoms worse. There is also many other forms of air pollution that may also trigger asthma. The tiny particles that are in the air can pass through your nose or mouth and get into your lungs. Like dust, and smoke these airborne particles cause someone with asthma to be at greater risk. Those exposed to these kinds of particles can cause health problems and reduce the function of the lungs and cause more asthma attacks.
Pet dander the hair from your pets could be a leading cause to Asthma symptoms in the home. The proteins in the skin flakes, the feces, saliva,
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The most triggers in the home are caused by mold from ongoing leaks in the apt. Air vents that have been emitting dust particles from roofs. Dust particles coming in from outside construction or traffic. Roach infestations, lead, and fecal matter or dead roach carcasses filling the air. Mice and rodents are other sources of problems when it comes to uninhabitable living conditions. Vermin tend to drop the fecal matter and urinate all over their environment this causes asthmatics more problems with breathing. Most people living in New York City housing live in apartments that are deteriorating infrastructures that are roach and rodent infested due to lack of
Imagine a young child competing with his or her fellow classmates during recess and immediately losing the ability to breathe normally. He or she stops in the middle of the competition and falls to the ground while holding his or her chest trying to find air. When you are young, being able to keep up with your peers during recess and sporting events is very important, however, having asthma restricts this. Asthma has a significant impact on childhood development and the diagnosis of asthma for children 18 years and younger has dramatically increased over the years. Asthma is known as a “chronic inflammation of the small and large airways” with “evident bronchial hyper-responsiveness, airflow obstruction, and in some patients, sub-basement fibrosis and over-secretion of mucus” (Toole, 2013). The constant recreation of the lung walls can even occur in young children and “lead to permanent lung damages and reduced lung function” (Toole, 2013). While one of the factors is genetics, many of the following can be prevented or managed. Obesity, exposure to secondhand smoke, and hospitalization with pneumonia in the early years of life have all been suggested to increase children’s risk of developing asthma.
In addition to various genes affecting the phenotype of asthma, multiple environmental factors like indoor and outdoor air pollution, tobacco smoke, and allergies to pets, molds, common pests (e.g. cockroaches) change gene expr...
The purposes of this paper are 1) to identify the disparity of asthmatic burden for racial minorities, especially for minority children, 2) to analyze determinants that cause the disparity, and 3) to propose available policy options to overcome the disparity.
More than 17 million Americans suffer from asthma, with nearly 5 million cases occurring in children under age 18. In the United States, asthma causes nearly 5,500 deaths each year. Asthma occurs in males and females of all ages, ethnic groups, and socioeconomic levels. For reasons not completely understood, asthma is generally more common in poor urban neighborhoods, in cold climates, and in industrialized countries.
Occupational Asthma This type of asthma is triggered by something in the patient's place of work. Factors such as chemicals, vapors, gases, smoke, dust, fumes, or other particles can trigger asthma. It can also be caused by a virus (flu), molds, animal products, pollen, humidity and temperature. Another trigger may be stress. Occupational asthma tends to occur soon after the patients starts a new job and disappears not long after leaving that
People who work or exercise outside for a lengthy period are also vulnerable. Exposure to air pollution increases sensitivity to allergens, impairs lungs, causes asthma attacks and death (Climate change, 2007). Air pollution can cause short-term respiratory symptoms such as coughing, throat irritation, and shortness of breath (California’s drought, 2015). The most harmful pollutants in the air are ozone, fine particles, and air toxics. Since the drought causes warmer weather, levels of ozone or smog increase in the air. Ozone is the principal component of smog and it is dangerous on ground level, which affects human health, crops, and buildings. Ozone smog is formed when vehicle and factory pollution react with sunlight and heat (Climate change, 2007). The lack of storms due to the drought eliminates the natural cleansing effect of precipitation. The low levels of precipitation trap fine particles on ground level. Fine particles in the air are harmful when inhaled and can heighten respiratory illnesses such as asthma and bronchitis. Air toxics are the chemicals in the air that can cause cancer or serious health problems. Mercury, asbestos, and benzene are dangerous air toxics and diesel exhaust particulate is the number one airborne carcinogen in California (California’s drought, 2015). Allergens in the air also affect pollution as
Most of you may not think of asthma as a killer disease, yet more that 5,000 Americans die of asthma each year. According to the Mayo Clinic web page, asthma also accounts for more that 400,000 hospital discharges annually. As the number of people with asthma increases, the more likely you are to come in contact with a person who has the disease. As far as I can remember, I have had asthma my whole life. My mother and one of my sisters also have asthma, so I have a first hand experience with it. This morning, I will discuss some interesting facts about asthma, I will specifically focus on what it is, warning signs, symptoms, causes, and the treatments that are used.
When it comes to the solution of eliminating the growth of dust mites can cause serious health problem, the most acknowledged factors would be the temperature and humidity. Dust mites can active and reproduce vividly when the relative humidity is over fifty percent (Murray & Zuk, 1979). According to Murray’s research, the house dust induced asthma is highly related to the amounts of the mites. The highest amount of the dust mites may fall in different seasons by countries or districts, for example, the capital of United Kingdom might have more allergists in late spring, and the capital of Japan is in summer. Even a small country like Holland, different cities have the different peak seasons. Murray and Zuk were conducting a two year long research
...xisting asthma patient, and also it creates some heart problems. (Guay Gerry ET. Al.). Also particles of dust of size less than 2 microns are trapped in lungs, because of respiratory system can’t filter all soil particles. ( Mohamad Succarieh May 1992)
Air pollution is caused by many things such as car fumes, burning of fossil fuels,
There are many kinds of air pollution. The ones I want to talk about are the ozone, acid rain, carbon monoxide and toxic air contaminants. Ozone is formed when hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxide react in sunlight. Therefore, ozone is at its peak during hot summer days. Exposure to high levels of ozone can have serious consequences on your health. It can cause respiratory disease, loss of pulmonary elasticity, and premature aging of our lungs. Next, is acid rain, which occurs in the atmosphere in the form of sulfur and nitrogen oxide. These pollutants can have serious damaging affects on aquatic, forest and wildlife ecosystems, as well as deterioration of buildings. Carbon monoxide is another form of pollution. It reduces the blood?s ability to carry oxygen. If a human is exposed to higher levels, it can cause chest pains, angina attacks or even death.
We always look for a way to clean and freshen the air inside our home, but air fresheners aren’t just enough and doesn’t last long. Air purifier is a device which can remove air contaminants in a room, could reduce second-hand tobacco smoke, dust, pollen, mold spores, and dust mites, and other allergy triggering particles are reduced or terminated with air purifiers, as well as smoke particles, volatile organic compounds that can cause health risks. There are air purifiers nowadays that has advanced technology that captures and eradicate great number of bacterial, virus and harmful particles, this air purifier reduces accumulation of airborne impurities that cause unpleasant odor, and health risks, such as allergies. There are factors that can cause allergies and asthma, pet dander and dust are serious allergen that could promote allergies anytime, a pet can also carry pollen inside the house during high pollen season, so one should educate himself about allergies and how to prevent, and you can start by choosing and having the right air purifier.
In conclusion, air pollution affects the immune system, making it weak and vulnerable to certain bacteria, illnesses, viruses and foreign invaders. Common diseases that are affected the most include asthma and allergies. Air pollution in general has been seen to modify the immune system's handling of particular allergens. The exposure to toxins like dioxin can cause serious health problems for people. Having long-term exposure to this toxin is connected to weakening of the immune system, as well as the nervous system, endocrine system and certain reproductive functions. Hence, everyone has a particular level and exposure of dioxins in the body. Improving air quality is the key answer to avoiding any type of development of disease, but it is a long term goal that will require the help and commitment at the national and global level.
Air Pollution is when a poisonous or a harmful substance is released in the air. There are many form of pollution but air is one of them, it only occurs when dust, harmful gases or smoke enters into the atmosphere and makes it hard for species like plants, animals and humans to live in a difficult situation because of the dirty air.Air Pollution is classified in two sections, invisible air pollution and visible air pollution.. Hence any substance that makes it difficult for the living things that need the atmosphere is air pollution.Humans have been undergoing air pollution ever since the industrial revolution.In order to understand the causes of Air pollution, it is divided into divisions. Primary air pollutants and secondary air pollutants:
Air pollution is one cause of people developing Asthma by increasing the particulates in the air we breath such as nitrogen dioxide we increase the chance of developing asthma and other diseases. The types of Pollution that i want to see more done about are Air pollution, Water pollution, Soil pollution, and Personal Pollution.