Asthma
Thank you all for interacting and providing additional context to how the environment affects our health. Some things to keep in mind in regards to asthma are avoiding adding to the pollution in your area, avoiding extreme heat or cold temperatures, and knowing your triggers. By reducing pollution, the use of tobacco products, and increasing education on asthma, we can all aid in fighting this battle. To learn more, check out the CDC and the Dallas County Health and Human Services websites. By following their leads, hopefully, by 2030 we will see a reduction in asthma rates in Dallas, Texas. Also, check out and share the video below with peers so they can learn more about the effects of asthma in our city.
Prompt: What other ways can we fight this battle?
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Hello, Sophia. your video is amazing and the photo you used are very expressive. Asthma can be controlled by taking medicine and avoiding the triggers that can cause an attack. You must also remove the triggers in your environment that can make your asthma worse. people with susceptibility for asthma should should seek for less polluted cities and should be aware about his triggers and try to avoid it. Interventions that target a wide variety of asthma triggers through home visits are beneficial in improving asthma outcomes.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your feedback. Targeting those asthma triggers that are at home and in the environment are critical to reduce our rates locally.
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Asthma is something that really does affect a lot of the population. As you stated, we can reduce it drastically if we are able to decrease tobacco products. Also informing and educating those about what asthma is, and what triggers it. Overall the presentation that you did was good. I do suggest that the background audio at the beginning can be toned down a tad. I also suggest trying to make sure the pictures are clearer to help with making the presentation look better. In the last slide of your presentation on exhale, the pictures were great. I know a trigger that my coworker has is mold. She starts getting “allergies”, and later we found out that there was mold at work.
Thank you for your feedback Linda. Yes, mold is a common trigger and mold can be found EVERYWHERE. Working to educate the public about asthma triggers can help those, like your coworker, not have those flares as frequently.
DeleteI really enjoyed your post Sophia! It was wonderful to read and watch. Asthma is something that should be taken serious. I have asthma myself and it is really hard at times to get things done that I would like to get done. Living in a small town my whole life and moving to the city made my asthma flare up. I had to learn how to adjust. My doctor would put me on medication to slow it down at times and it truly did help. I am a firm believer that the asthma medication works miracles and it saves life because I am a survivor of it. Again great post!
ReplyDeleteHi Bre'Anna, I agree 100%! My management medicine has kept me from major attacks. I too moved from a small town to a bigger city and had trouble breathing all the time. I couldn't bear it and felt like it was too hard to adjust my medication so I eventually just moved to another small city. There are still triggers here but it's more manageable because it's similar to where I lived for 20+ years before.
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ReplyDeleteGreat job! Asthma can be treated by daily medication, avoiding triggers, and keeping in top shape. These treatments can help millions, but I do believe the government can do more by enacting acts that protect people from mold and other common triggers of asthma.