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2 kids face charges in school bus incident
Daytona Beach News-Journal The students threw the can of AXE down the aisle Wednesday at 3:24 pm The contents sprayed out as the can rolled through the bus and caused a student to have a severe asthma attack, authorities said. The girl was taken to Saxon Medical Center in … Noxious school-bus prank ends with shooting threat, panicked students |
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Mother suspects school made her child sick
abc11.com "She started having progressively worsening asthma attacks," parent Denita Lehman said. She says her daughter suffered dizziness, later a cough and swollen tonsils as recently as this month, which may require surgery. Her asthma management plan from … |
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Air pollution linked to asthma in school children
NDTV.com Allergy season is known to aggravate children's asthma attacks, but other types of fine particle pollution in the air throughout the year also measurably affect children's lung function, sometimes dramatically. It's well established that poor air … |
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ContributorNetwork – First Aid/CPR training teaches that lay responders cannot administer asthma inhalers or EpiPens. Sufferers must self-administer. Asthma and anaphylaxis are life-threatening. How can we help children cope with these conditions in public situations? Here are FAQs about asthma, allergy and children.
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Testimony under way in trial of Massey coal silo near West Virginia grade school
The Republic And he says the plaintiffs will show that puts children at the school at risk of black lung disease and asthma. Massey lawyer Dan Stickler says there's not enough evidence to support requiring the company and several subsidiaries to pay for medical … Testimony under way in trial of Massey coal silo near West Virginia grade school |
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Most Youth With Chronic Illness Finish High School
Doctors Lounge Most young adults growing up with a chronic illness graduate high school and have employment, but those with chronic illnesses other than asthma have worse educational and vocational outcomes, according to a study published in the March issue of the … Apparent demerits of chronic illnesses in young adults revealed Young adults with chronic illnesses have poorer educational, vocational and … |
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Simple School Program Boosts Asthma Control
MedPage Today Just having school nurses watch children take their daily asthma-control medications significantly reduced symptom flares, a randomized trial showed. Moreover, the four-month program was also effective for … |
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Helping Children Cope with Asthma and Allergy in School
Yahoo! News First Aid/CPR training teaches that lay responders cannot administer asthma inhalers or EpiPens. Sufferers must self-administer. Asthma and anaphylaxis are life-threatening. How can we help children cope with these conditions in public situations? … |
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Air pollution may hurt school kids' lungs
Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Allergy season is known to aggravate kids' asthma attacks, but other types of fine particle pollution in the air throughout the year also measurably affect children's lung function, sometimes dramatically, according to a … |
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Risk factors for current wheezing and its phenotypes among elementary school children.
Pediatr Pulmonol. 2011 Feb;46(2):166-174
Authors: Civelek E, Cakir B, Orhan F, Yuksel H, Boz AB, Uner A, Sekerel BE
BACKGROUND: Accumulating evidence suggests, asthma includes many phenotypes with varying clinical and prognostic features. Epidemiological surveys documented a number of environmental risk factors for the development of asthma and interestingly these differ between and within countries, suggesting that the differences may be related with the different distribution of asthma phenotypes. This study aimed to investigate risk factors of current wheezing (CW) and different wheezing phenotypes in elementary school children. METHODS: Six thousand nine hundred sixty-three 9- to 11-year-old children of a previous multicenter survey where the methodology of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase-II was used were analyzed. Wheezing phenotypes were defined as wheezing with rhinitis (RW), wheezing with rhinoconjunctivitis (RCW), atopic wheezing (AW), non-atopic wheezing (NAW), and frequent wheezing (FW) (?4/year wheezing episodes). RESULTS: The prevalence of CW was 15.8% and among these, 22.4%, 67.3%, 45.9%, 20.5%, and 79.5% were classified as FW, RW, RCW, AW, and NAW, respectively. History of parental asthma/allergic rhinitis, coexistence of other allergic diseases, presence of mold and dampness in the house lived during the first year of life and maternal smoking in pregnancy were found to be risk factors for most phenotypes (odds ratio (OR) ranged from 1.43 to 3.56). Number of household in the last year (OR?=?1.14), prematurity (OR?=?2.08), and duration of breastfeeding (OR?=?1.02) per additional month were found to be risk factor for FW, AW, and RCW, respectively. CONCLUSION: Beside common risk factors for the development of asthma and its phenotypes, certain risk factors appeared to play a role in the development of phenotypic characteristics of asthma. These findings support our hypothesis that each phenotype has not only different clinical characteristics but also has different roots. Pediatr. Pulmonol. 2011; 46:166-174. © 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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