Allergies and Asthma
The Big Power® offers the ability to remove dust mites which
are known to be the cause of 50% of asthmatic diseases in the United
States.
Asthma is a disease of the airways in your lungs
where inflammation and overreaction to many common Stimuli occurs.
People with Asthma may have attacks of difficult breathing that
can be mild, moderate, severe and possibly life threatening. Over
26 million Americans have been diagnosed with Asthma in their
lifetime and over 8.6 million children, under the age of 18, have
been diagnosed with Asthma. Over 5,000 people die from Asthma
each year.
Symptoms often include coughing, wheezing or a whistling
noise when breathing, a feeling of pressure or tightness in your
chest, and shortness of breath. Symptom free periods may often
alternate. Asthma that begins early in life, or at childhood,
is often caused by heredity. Asthma that develops later in life
is triggered by allergens that can include viral infections of
the respiratory tract, air pollution, occupational exposure to
chemicals, metals, food, or vegetable dusts, drugs, foods, food
additives or preservatives, exercise in cold air, or emotional
stress and worsens through life.
There is no cure for asthma. There are two types
of treatment, 1 long term for control, 1 short turn to alleviate
the attacks. The best way overall to help prevent asthma attacks
is to stay away from things that make your asthma worse, these
are called triggers. And triggers can range from tobacco smoke
to dust mites and even outdoor pollen or molds. Triggers for most
people are deferent so it is good to know what your triggers are.
Over 2 million Americans are affected by Emphysema,
most of which are older people. Within those people 95 percent
of them are over the age of 45. Men make up 55 percent of the
people with Emphysema and women are the remaining 45 percent,
the rate of emphysema among women is steadily increasing.
One of the primary symptoms of Emphysema is shortness
of breath. In the early stages of Emphysema shortness of breath
occurs during exercise or when the person exerts themselves during
everyday activities. The symptoms of Emphysema come on gradually
and in the later stages shortness of breath is experience at most
times, including even at rest. Emphysema is often accompanied
by chronic bronchitis which causes the excess mucus production
and coughing.
COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is
the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, falling
behind heart disease, cancer, and stroke. Based on the National
Health Interview Survey conducted in 1996 over 16 million Americans
have COPD. Among the Americans with COPD over 14 million have
primarily chronic bronchitis and the other 2 million primarily
have Emphysema.
To some degree most people with COPD have symptoms
of both chronic bronchitis and Emphysema. The primary symptoms
of COPD are extreme coughing with phlegm in the morning, initially
shortness of breath during strong exertion and as it progresses
shortness of breath occurs during mild activities or at rest.
Article written by Kyle Poulter
