Asthma

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  1. Hi, everyone.
  2. I'm C on and this is my Chapter nine.
  3. Many health listen about asthma s.
  4. So what is asthma?
  5. As was a condition in which a person's airways become
  6. inflamed, narrow and swell, and produce extra music mucus, which
  7. makes it difficult to breathe so you can see in
  8. this diagram that compares a normal long where muscles are
  9. relaxed and there's a normal mucus lining, which allows the
  10. air to flow freely.
  11. Um, compared to on the right, which is an asthmatic
  12. long, which shows some airways that are constricted, um, which
  13. are swollen and have the tighter muscles.
  14. And there's more mucus clogging the airways.
  15. And so when this happens, it makes it difficult for
  16. the oxygen to move through, which is what essentially causes
  17. the asthmatic symptoms or asthma attacks.
  18. So what are the symptoms?
  19. Um, symptoms vary from person to person, but most the
  20. common symptoms are as follows.
  21. Um, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing.
  22. You may have a dry cough coughing at nighttime, um,
  23. wheezing or chest pains.
  24. Um, a lot of times and inhale inhaler can help
  25. lessen these symptoms.
  26. A CZ Well, it's just ensuring that you have a
  27. good environment that you're surrounded by to make sure that
  28. the in the symptoms are, um, exasperated or bothered.
  29. So some things that can cause these symptoms or that
  30. can cause asthma are some household cleaner fumes, dust debris,
  31. dander, cockroach and might debris.
  32. Um, genetics is a big part of asthma.
  33. If you have an unhealthy diet, drink a lot of
  34. alcohol. Um, if you if you're sick often, um, if
  35. you have cuts that you're allergic to where you live
  36. in a very polluted area.
  37. All of these can cause asthmatic symptoms or asthma um,
  38. which can then worsen the symptoms and that asthma attacks.
  39. So how are students affected with asthma?
  40. Um, there's many ways that students could be affected by
  41. asthma. Um, oftentimes, when asthma attacks happen or when the
  42. symptoms worsen.
  43. Like I said, the airways tighten, causing extreme difficulty in
  44. breathing. Um, and then those airways tightened and swell, and
  45. so it makes breathing difficult.
  46. But some things some other things that are affected on
  47. by asthma can really affect.
  48. Have the student performs in the classroom, so something's air
  49. Anxiety of assistant is very anxious about what is happening
  50. in the classroom, or if they're really worried about a
  51. presentation or project or something.
  52. They can become very anxious.
  53. And one of the symptoms of anxiety and anxiety attacks
  54. his shortness of breath, um, or hyperventilating, which can cause
  55. that swelling of the airways, which can then cause asthma
  56. attacks. Another thing that's a big effect on students is
  57. their medication.
  58. So having an inhaler, that's important.
  59. But it's expensive, so that can cause a difficulty for
  60. a student.
  61. If they're not able to afford the medication, there's physical
  62. symptoms, so just like the coffin, things like that.
  63. But they may not be able to do all of
  64. the physical activity in the classroom or gym class for
  65. recess, so that can really affect their self esteem because
  66. they're not able to participate with everything.
  67. Um, and if they have extreme asthma attacks, often they
  68. may be missing school.
  69. And so they're missing out on a lot of valuable
  70. information, Um, and maybe kind of held back from the
  71. rest of the class because they need time to catch
  72. up. Um, what are the classroom conditions like?
  73. So some conditions in the classroom connection of worsen the
  74. symptoms and potentially increase the likelihood of an asthma attack.
  75. So a lot of these, um effects or the conditions
  76. that I talked about earlier that include dust, um, dander,
  77. cockroaches, air qualities and making sure you have clean air
  78. vents, things like that, making sure there's a good amount
  79. of exercise, but not something that's too stressful on the
  80. student. Um, if student has allergies or you're in a
  81. highly like, very like an outdoor environment where there's a
  82. lot of pollen and stuff like that, a swell is
  83. like strong fumes like cleaning supplies, art supplies, um, clay
  84. paint. Those kind of fumes can really, um, irritate someone's
  85. lungs and airways.
  86. A swell as bright lights and things like that.
  87. Those can really irritate a student and cause them to
  88. be anxious, which causes them to have difficulty breathing as
  89. well. So what can we as teachers do to accommodate
  90. these students?
  91. We can create an asthma education plan.
  92. So working with the student to see what kind of
  93. accommodations they need for when their asthma symptoms worsen, as
  94. well as educating the class on asthma, asthma attacks and
  95. being safe around these students who may have these difficulties,
  96. it's very important so that the student feels safe in
  97. their environment.
  98. And also, the students can be aware of what some
  99. asthma attack symptoms look like so that they can get
  100. help as soon as possible.
  101. You can also check the air quality.
  102. Often. You can make a safe physical environment, as well
  103. as physical accommodations for classroom activities or things like gym
  104. class. Um, knowing your students triggers is very important because
  105. then you know what might cause their symptoms to worsen.
  106. So being knowing that can help you reduce those symptoms
  107. and then keeping your classroom clean, the clean workspaces and
  108. low fumes can make sure that the students are irritated.
  109. Their airways and their lungs are safe and healthy.
  110. Um, and that way you don't have issues with, um
  111. as my tax and things like that, and they're my