Breathing Easier: How to Control Asthma
May 21, 2013
Asthma Sufferer Receives Medical Help.
This is Science in the News. I’m Shirley Griffith.
And I’m Bob Doughty. Spring has returned to the United States. The sky is blue, the grass is green and many plants are flowering. Spring can be a beautiful time of year. But it is especially troublesome for people with asthma. High pollen levels can keep asthma sufferers from enjoying spring flowers and the weather.
Asthma Awareness Month
May is “Asthma Awareness Month” in the United States. And May first is “World Asthma Day.” The Global Initiative for Asthma, or GINA, organizes the event every year. GINA is a joint effort of the World Health Organization and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of America's National Institutes of Health.
GINA held its first “World Asthma Day” in 1998. This year, the theme for “World Asthma Day” is “You Can Control Your Asthma.” GINA first launched this education campaign as part of the event in 2007. The group notes that while asthma cannot be cured, it can be successfully controlled.
Asthma is a disorder that causes breathing passages to narrow. This reduces the amount of air entering and leaving the lungs, causing difficulty in breathing.
The World Health Organization says asthma affects about 235 million people worldwide. The WHO says asthma is the most common chronic disease among children. And it says the disease affects people in all countries around the world and at every development level. However, the WHO says 80 percent of asthma deaths happen in low and lower middle income countries.
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