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Kristine: EVERY THURSDAY
WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT A HEALTHS
ISSUE OR CONCERN AFFECTS MANY
PEOPLING BREAKING DOWN THE
INFORMATION TOF YOU AND TELLING
YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO
KEEP YOUR HEALTHY.
DR. BRADY FROM THE JOHN A. BURNS
OF SCHOOL JOINS US.
GOOD MORNING.
Kristine: A LOT OF PEOPLE
@AFFECTED BY ASTHMA.
FIRST, WHAT EXACTLY IS IT?
ASTHMA IS REVERSIBLE SPASM OF
THE BREATHING TUBES WHICH MAKES
IT HARD TO BREATHE.
ACCOMPANIED BY THE SPASM IS THE
COLLECTION OF MUCUS AND
INFLAMMATORY CELLS FROM THE
BREATHING TUBE THAT'S CAUSES
MUCUS PLUGGING AND OBSTRUCTION
OF THOSE TUBES.
THAT AGAIN MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO
BREATHE.
Kristine: 300 MILLION
PEOPLE WORLDWIDE AFFECTED.
RIGHT.
CHILDREN WORLD WIDE HAVE ASTHMA.
IN THE UNITED STATES WE'RE
REPORTING 7 TO 8% OF ALL ADULTS
AND CHILDREN IN THE UNITED
STATES HAVE ASTHMA.
SEVEN TO 8%.
ONE IN EVERY 250 DEATHS
WORLDWIDE IS ATTRIBUTED TO
ASTHMA.
Kristine: WHAT ARE THE
SYMPTOMS?
THREE.
SHORTNESS OF BREATH, CHEST
TIGHTNESS AND A COUGH.
Kristine: WHAT STRICTERS
IT?
MANY TRIGGERS.
RESRESPIRATORY ILLNESS, PHYSICAL
EXERTION, THAT MEANS EXERCISE.
EXTREME EMOTION.
AND INHALED ALLERGENS.
MOST IMPORTANT IS PROBABLY
CIGARETTES AND VAPPING AND
CIGARS.
TOBACCO IS VERY IMPORTANT.
IN ADDITION, WOOD SMOKE, STRONG
PERFUMES AND ODORS, MOLD, DUST
AND MITES.
POLLEN, COCKROACHES AND IN
HAWAI'I, VOG IS ONE OF THEM.
Kristine: HOW DO
COCKROACHES TRIGGER ASTHMA?
THEY HAVE PROTEINS ON THEIR
BODY AND ALSO THEIR DROPPINGS
HAVE PROTEINS IN THEM THAT CAUSE
PEOPLE TO REACT TO THEM AND
DEVELOP AN ASMATIC ATTACK.
Kristine: AND HOW DOES IT
GET DIAGNOSED?
DIAGNOSIS IS BY SEEING YOUR
DOCTOR WHO WILL GET A HISTORY
AND ALSO DO A NUMBER -- A PHYSICAL
EXAMINATION AND DO A RESPIRATORY
TEST.
Kristine: WHAT ARE THE
TREATMENTS?
THE TREATMENTS THERE ARE
RESCUE INHALERS.
THIS IS ONE WHICH I'LL
DEMONSTRATE LATER IN THE
SESSION.
AND WE HAVE LONG ACTING BETAA
AGNONIS.
Kristine: THESE ARE THE
ONES THAT YOU TAKE REGULARLY?
YES.
ONCE OR TWICE A DAY.
THEY PREVENT AN EXCESSIVE NUMBER
OF ACUTE ATTACKS.
Kristine: THIS OPENS UP
LIKE THIS.
THERE YOU GO.
VERY EASY.
Kristine: AND THE ONE YOU
HAVE.
DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCE.
IF YOU HAVE AN ASTHMA ATTACK,
THAT WON'T WORK.
IF YOU HAVE AN ASTHMA ATTACK,
THIS IS THE KIND OF RESCUE
INHALER YOU NEED.
AND YOU NEED TO HAVE AN ACTIVE
ASTHMA TREATMENT PLAN WHICH
YOU'VE WORKED WITH YOUR FAMILY
AND YOUR DOCTOR SO THAT AS I
SAY, ASTHMA CAN KILL.
SO THAT SERIOUS ASTHMA ATTACK
DOESN'T -- HAPPEN.
Kristine: YOU'RE GOING TO
SHOW US HOW YOU INHALE THIS.
YOU WERE INHALED TEN YEARS AGO.
THERE ARE FOUR STEPS.
ONE IS TO SHAKE THE INHALER.
SECOND IS BREATHE OUT.
THIRD IS TO BREATHE IN WHILE
SQUEEZING THE INHALER.
AND FOURTH IS TO HOLD YOUR
BREATH AS LONG AS YOU CAN.
Kristine: THAT OPENS UP THE
LUNGS?
IT OPENS THE BREATHING TUBES.
THERE ARE PILLS THAT HELP WITH
THE MODERATION OF THE
INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE THAT IS
PART OF ASTHMA.
STEROIDS ARE IN THOSE LONG
ACTING ONES FREQUENTLY.
AND ORAL STEROIDS ARE AN