Asthma Research Paper

Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases, which inflames and narrow the airway of the lung. It affects people from all age groups, often starting during childhood and it is a global health problem. In USA, it is known that more than 25 million people have asthma where 7 million of then are children. This chronic disease seriously confines child’s activity, often has exacerbation that result in emergency department visits and hospitalization. It is allied with at least 4,000 deaths per year and it account for 10 million school absences per year (American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology).

This disease causes periodic period of symptoms that can vary from episode to episode in the same child. Some signs and symptoms of asthma

Education is way to increase awareness of patient, family members, healthcare professional, and the public that asthma is a chronic condition; ensure patients and family members recognize the symptoms; ensure a partnership among patient and health care professional in order to have an effective control of asthma; educating family members and patient how to do home inspection, recognize asthma triggers and preventing asthma attack; Asthma is chronic and variable disease, there is a need for patient and family members to learn how to make a lifestyle change and follow drug therapy for a long period of time, even when the symptoms is not present. They need to be capable of making rapid decision about symptoms severity, self-medication and when to contact the health care team based on the severity of

When nurse thought patient, they improved their use of inhaled corticosteroids, and they automatically decreased use of albuterol, and reached higher level and less variable peak flow rate. When nurses specialist used consistent 2 hour asthma education, there was a decrease in hospitalization, less missed activity over six months and when they have an education on led it demonstrated to have greater outcome such as reduction in asthma symptoms, less restriction in activity, and the inflammation of airway drastically decreased (Levy et al., 2000). During education nurses need to have a reliable, consistent experience and also a supporting materials is needed to ensure that education surely happens in order to have a better outcome.

On the other hand when patient is hospitalized, during discharge is an opportunity to address patient’s unique and only urgent learning need and it may be affective for a short term goal asthma management. According to the article “A clinical study on asthmatic patients who were readmitted after a short period of discharge” by Hoshino K., 2001, 59 % of pediatric patient who were discharged where re-admitted within 1-2 months after discharge. Child who received