Asthma In A Fitness/School Setting

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exposed to large amounts of noxious fumes, tobacco smoke, and other pollutants. The body attempts to protect itself against invasion by dangerous substances flowing into the lungs. The asthma victim, however, usually hypersensitive, overreacts with severe symptoms (Renard, 1996).
Asthma deaths in the country are steadily rising at an ever-increasing rate. Statistics indicated that about 4,000 Americans died from the disease in 1985, more than double the number only a decade ago. Society became more involved into the process of determining why asthma death were increasing. A task force of immunology, chemistry, pulmonary medicine, and epidemiology researchers were charged with finding an answer, but their preliminary report only raised more questions. The rise in asthma deaths during the past decade has puzzled scientists and physicians. But while the severity of the disease appears to be increasing, many asthmatics are unwilling to lead the sedentary lives that some say their ...

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for asthmatics ("Medical Information", 1998)." Further research by
Harvard Medical School have found that instead of being a by-product of asthma, extra pounds could make people more vulnerable to developing the disease ("Tufts Diet," 1998).
Even though physical activity has been found to be beneficial to asthmatics. Exercise-induced asthma have been prevalent in our society. As Arateus, in the second century, stated, "If from running, gymnastics exercises, or other work the breathing becomes difficult, it is called asthma." The phenomenon of shortness of breath after vigorous exercise has been recognized for centuries and for decades; it has been recognized that ...

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