ASTHMA RELIEF CHARITY

Registered Charity No: 1063965

 
 

Information About Asthma

INFORMATION ON ASTHMA:- YOUNG PEOPLE

Asthma in the young is usually noticed by the parents when a child begins to cough, wheeze or even be short of breath when running around. The child is then taken to see their G.P., who might suggest that the symptoms could be Asthma. With today's knowledge and medicines, normally Asthma is controlled but NOT cured. A high percentage of young people who suffer from Asthma grow out of it in their teens if they have had the correct medication.

INFORMATION ON ASTHMA:- THE ELDERLY

• Specialists in Respiratory problems have made progress into finding solutions to control Asthma but there is still a long way to go until they can eradicate it.
   

• It must be noted that elderly people who suffer from Asthma are at high risk as Asthma can be a killer. The last survey shows that the mortality rate has gone down in hospitals. This is an encouragement to those who suffer from Asthma.
   

• There is a large amount of elderly people who suffer from Asthma late in life. As a doctor stated, Asthma can lie dormant through most of ones life, then it appears. It may be connected to stress or some crisis in ones life.
   

• Doctors and Nurses are aware of medicines which can help to keep Asthma at such a low level that it does not interfere with the normal active life of the patient (in most cases).
   

• We at Asthma Relief are keen to help as many sufferers as possible and are working with Doctors and Respiratory Nurses to this end.

INFORMATION ON ASTHMA:- EVERY DAY

• Many people have to live with Asthma. Some who are on the fringe use inhalers prescribed by their G.P.
   

• Some areas in the British Isles are more prone to the development of Asthma than others, which could suggest air pollution.
   

• Some people develop Asthma as a hereditary illness, being passed on down through the family.
   

• Sometimes along with Asthma, comes Eczema. This is an extra burden that some Asthmatics have to bear.
   

• What we at Asthma Relief are trying to do is to make the Asthmatics quality of life much better. By donating nebulisers into hospitals and Doctors surgeries, it will be much easier for them to get the necessary medicines.
   

• We do donate nebulisers to individuals but only with a G.P.'s authorisation.

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