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=QUESTION:= || What are the major factors that cause asthma? || = = || (include the words or phrases from keyword searches) || Asthma, causes of asthma, interaction between the pulmonary system and the immune system, oxygen, air || -There are two main causes of asthma: caused by a malfunction of the immune mechanisms in the lungs, and caused by the interaction between the pulmonary and immune system. || Also, after I played sports or ran fast, I couldn't breathe. The image below is showing clearly why asthma makes humans hard to breathe. [] ||
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 * **Citation** (title, author, publication, date, URL, etc.) || Asthma, Alissa Greenberg, M.D, Grolier Publishing, 2000. ||
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 * Try to find a short effective quote || -Tubes carrying air from the nose and mouth into the body are abnormal and tend to become narrowed, so asthma occurs.
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 * Images/video to support this || I personally have asthma, but it is not really serious right now. However, in the past when I was 5th grade, I had a serious asthma, and I have the horrifying experience of not getting to breathe well.

=QUESTION:= || = = What are the effects of asthma? ||  || (include the words or phrases from keyword searches) || Asthma, asthma effects, asthma attacks, symptoms. ||
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 * **Citation** (title, author, publication, date, URL, etc.) || Teen Health series - asthma information for teens, Karen Bellenir ||
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 * Try to find a short effective quote || * Asthma is a chronic disease, caused by inflammation of the lower airways and episodes of airflow obstruction. Asthma sufferers have sensitive and swollen or inflamed airways.
 * Episodes of asthma symptoms occur when airways get narrow, making it difficult or even impossible to breathe.
 * Asthma symptoms include shortness of breath, wheezing, chest tightness, and coughing. ||
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=RESEARCH= =QUESTION:= || What are the treatments for asthma? || (include the words or phrases from keyword searches) || Treatments for asthma, Drugs for asthma, asthma ||
 * **Citation** (title, author, publication, date, URL, etc.) || Asthma: Treatments and Drugs, Mayo Clinic Staff, Mayo Clinic, April 6th, 2009, [] ||
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 * Try to find a short effective quote || * Most people with persistent asthma use a combination of long-term control medications and quick-relief medications, taken with a hand-held inhaler.
 * If asthma symptoms are triggered by airborne allergens, such as pollen or pet dander, allergy treatments may also be necessary.
 * There are two medications signified for allergy-induced asthma: Immunotherapy (generally given once a week for a few months, then once a month for a period of three to five years. Over time, they gradually reduce your immune system reaction to specific allergens), and Anti-IgE monoclonal antibodies (reduces your immune system's reaction to allergens. Xolair is delivered by injection every two to four weeks). ||
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=RESEARCH= =QUESTION:= || What are the prevention methods for asthma? || (include the words or phrases from keyword searches) || Asthma, prevention, methods, avoidance, cure. ||
 * **Citation** (title, author, publication, date, URL, etc.) || Asthma: Prevention methods, Martha M. Grout, MD, MD(H), Omnimedicalsearch, 10/23/08, [] ||
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 * Try to find a short effective quote || There are two ways that asthma could be treated: elimination of the ofending food, and using antigen to neutralize the reaction if the food cannot be eliminated.


 * The MOST SMART THING TO DO to cure asthma is avoiding inciting agents.** ||
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 * Images/video to support this || I learned a lot of things from this website. I learned that I should have avoided inciting agents not to get caught in asthma. Asthma has really bad effects to our body, including being not able to play sports well or run with constant speed.

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=RESEARCH= =QUESTION:= || Is there a specific aspect of asthma that is interesting? What kinds of things are caused by asthma? || (include the words or phrases from keyword searches) || Asthma, information, disease, lungs. ||
 * **Citation** (title, author, publication, date, URL, etc.) || Asthma information, New York State - Department of Health, March 2009, [] ||
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 * Try to find a short effective quote || * Asthma is a serious public health problem in New York and the nation.
 * Asthma caused an average of 301 deaths per year in New York during 2003-2005, including 45 deaths in children 0-14 years of age (2003-2005).
 * Asthma takes its toll in many ways. Asthma is the leading cause of school absenteeism. Asthma results in many lost nights of sleep and disruption of activities for the individual, as well as his or her family. Parents frequently miss days from work as a result of their child's asthma. ||
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 * Images/video to support this || I wondered what other things were caused by asthma, and from this website, I found out that there were school absenteeism caused by asthma. Here is a bar graph chart that shows differences between age, sex, and race in the past.

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-People with asthma experience periods during which they cannot get enough air because the tubes carrying air from the nose and mouth into the body are abnormal and tend to become narrowed. -The order of respiratory system is: Air -> Nose/Mouth -> tube called trachea -> two branches (left / right bronchi) -> left / right lungs. -Living Disease - causing agents are bacteria, viruses, and fungi. They are also called pathogens. -Causes of asthma: an interaction between the pulmonary system and the immune system. The pulmonary system of our bodies brings the oxygen into the body and to all the cells, and it disposes of the carbon dioxide waste produced by the cells. -Asthma is caused by a malfunction of these immune mechanisms in the lungs. -In past, the cause of the disease, asthma, was a mystery. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the air - ways in which many cells and cell products of the immune system play a role. In haled irritants from the environment damage the airways and provoke inflammation. -Asthma is a common disease.

Q: List the order of respiratory system, and explain how it changes when one gets asthma.
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