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According to the Centers for Disease Control, asthma cases are on the rise. New statistics show that people diagnosed with asthma in the United States grew by 4.3 million between 2001 and 2009.
A new Vital Signs report released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, finds nearly 1 in 12 Americans were diagnosed with asthma by 2009. Asthma costs have escalate from about $53 billion in 2002 to about $56 billion in 2007, which is about a 6% increase.
Asthma is a pulmonary condition that can cause serious cases of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing. Patients can control their asthma symptoms through medication or by avoiding things that exacerbate their illness, including smoking and air pollution. Asthma triggers are usually environmental and can be found everywhere, including schools, offices, homes, outdoors, and any place where mold or allergy irritants can grow. And even though many patients have been educated when it comes to their asthma, the explanation for the growth in asthma rates still remains a mystery.
"Despite the fact that outdoor air quality has improved, we've reduced two common asthma triggers – secondhand smoke and smoking in general - asthma is increasing," said Dr. Paul Garbe, chief of CDC's Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch. "While we don't know the cause of the increase, our top priority is getting people to manage their symptoms better."
I'd bet it was cutting the dairy that got rid of ur asthma. Nutrition from animal sources is absolutely necessary to be healthy, dairy not so much. Humans have always eaten animals for hundreds of thousands of years. But milking cows is relatively a new food source. I eat tons of "animal products", always have, always drank a ton of milk too. I stopped drinking milk, asthma went away immediately. Never came back. Been asthma free for years now and if anything, I eat more meat than I used to. http://www.marksdailyapple.com/definitive-guide-primal-blueprint/
My son had severe asthma as a child. Airborne contamants played a small role. FOOD is mainly what caused him to wheeze. Fillers and additives in foods affected him. Cottonseed oil, palm colonel oil, corn, dye in foods and beverages, and the list goes on and on. I truly believe many doctors in this country are overlooking food allergies as an asthma trigger.
So, smoking is one of the leading causes of asthma, and you're suggesting we smoke to help our asthma? Explain the logic, if there is any.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_chlorine_hypothesis
I consider mild asthma to be more serious, actually. Those of us that have severe asthma know enough to take it seriously and what to do when we're having an asthma attack. Mild asthmatics aren't used to it, and might discount it or not have an inhaler on hand, and so when they have an attack the odds of hospitalization and/or death go up.
The drug companies don't want us to know what will cure it. They just want to sell us overpriced medications to help reduce the symptons.
I had asthma as a kid – symptoms returned about 6 months ago after 25 years for no apparent reason. Medication did not control it. I eliminated all wheat and dairy products from my diet, and after two weeks symptoms went away, as well as my headaches and gas. I tried both again and within a couple of day my symptoms returned. Not saying it's the cure for all, but it's worth a try.
Take the ALLERGY Out of Allergic ASTHMA
I think you forgot to post the rest of the quote, I don't see where Luke talked about asthma.
Medical marijuana can be very helpful with asthma too if you're lucky enough to be in an MMJ state. Edibles are very effective and relief lasts for hours. There are so many strains now that it's easy to find something that works without making you too woozy to function.
My insurance company no longer covers my inhalers which are very expensive. How can you live without breathing? I guess they don't care.
Well i have mild asthma but thanks to our congress and pharm lobbyist they banned asthma inhalers that cost 13 dollars and now force me to buy the 45 dollar one for an EMERGENCY…that even last shorter than the old one. Second they always tell me to get advair and oh wait that only cost me 190$ a month too..
I'm willing to bet it is the toxic chemicals that are in our mattresses. Not only regular coil spring mattresses, but all the new memory foam products are made from petroleum and they are known to "out-gas" (i.e., release their chemicals over time). Given how much time we all spend sleeping and breathing in the air directly above our mattresses, I am sure that these chemicals are irritants that lead to asthma and other respiratory diseases. The best bet is buy an organic, non-toxic mattress which is much more expensive.
it as same as in Indonesia…..so sad that the air quality is getting bad day by day
My wife suffered terribly with asthma until we stopped eating animal products, including dairy.
And this is surprising how? Considering how the air in this country is, surprised that every citizen doesn't have asthma. It's taken until recently for the EPA and congress to actually hold companies responsible for the toxins they throw in the air and alot of us grew up in the 70s and 80s when the air was really bad compared to what it is now, so shouldn't be all that surprised that people have asthma now….its a way of life that Congress allowed to happen
My youngest was diagnosed with Asthma at 17 months after having bronchospasms during surgery and then coding two hours later due to an asthma attack. My oldest was put on meds around the same time but they wouldn't diagnose him as having "asthma" quite yet. They called it reactive air disease. With my youngest though they said he definitely has severe asthma and now we see a pediatric pulmonologist.
It's probably an allergy to food additives. As an adult I developed a sensitivity to shrimp that caused severe asthma. I don't eat shrimp or lobster and I am fine. BUT I am very concerned about shrimp products in other foods and as fish or animal feed.
Even with health care Asthma meds are expensive. Both of my boys have severe Asthma and take Singular ($50 a piece), Albuterol, one takes Flovent and the other takes Advair. Every time I buy meds, I know I'm going to be at least $200 a month out of pocket. It's insane. If their intent is to promote taking care of asthma symptoms, they really need to somehow make it easier on those of us that have to spend so much on meds.
One needs an inhaler & a chair to sit down in just to look at the tuition fees!
Continuation of the sign of the times… increased 'pestilences'. These are not isolated situations. Health problems, food issues, natural and man made disasters which seem to be happening more frequently…..
Google vitamin D and asthma. vitamin D is pretty cheap but the amount is much higher than what gov't is recommending. Most likely, you are deficient in vitamin D and that needs to be fixed. 10,000 IU a day for a couple months to get your vitamin D level up to optimal range then maintain it at 5000 IU a day. You will feel better. Vitamin D Council website will have a lot of information. Under the research section to the left, you will see asthma research and click on them and you will see a list of papers from pub med website showing a strong link between vitamin D deficiency and asthma.
Your son isn't who I'm talking about. Doctors avoid diagnosing asthma in infants and toddlers because it's often misdiagnosed (their lungs just need to grow and mature). I'm talking about people who have had mild wheezing a couple times and never a full blown asthma attack. I'm also not saying they don't have asthma- they do. I'm just saying that it may not be an increase as much as more doctors diagnosing milder conditions as asthma.
It's still asthma. And you should be the first person to know that mild asthma can become very, very serious asthma in a matter of minutes.
Is measuring increase in asthma via cash (without inflation adjusted values) appropriate? Wouldn't incidence regardless of treatment cost be more appropriate?
Not so sure about that, Nicole. My son is under 2 and we are pretty sure he has asthma. Every time he gets an ear infection he starts having labored breathing to the point where his sides and clavicle skin are retracting, he is wheezing, etc. His hospital records say "status asthmaticus" though the pulmonologists won't officially DX him until he is older. If you can't breathe, you can die. Whether it happens once or frequently, it is a serious thing, and merits a DX.
I was diagnosed with asthma this past October when I ended up in the hospital. I think it was caused from all the mold and bacteria that was in the air/on the walls at my job of the time. No doubt being exposed to that for almost 4 years did the trick.
Meh. I have asthma- serious, almost killed me several times, asthma. I couldn't afford my medication for a while a few years ago and ended up hospitalized multiple times. If I hadn't found a way to get the medication I probably would have ended up in status asthmaticus and died.
Must be all the chemicals and pollutants in the air..
If asthma is growing and expensive in terms of both dollars and people, why is CDC proposing to gut their asthma program?
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/223980.php