Feeling a little like Vader…WHAT THE HECK IS HAPPENING TO ME DURING AN ASTHMA ATTACK?

Fortunately… You can breath without a helmet.

Oxygen is a major element and your body needs it to function. Breathing is a very important tool your brain uses to keep your body ALIVE. And you do it without even knowing it!

DID YOU KNOW? “Your lungs breathe in about 2,000 gallons of air every day – enough for the 2,400 gallons of blood that go through your heart every day. At night, you inhale and exhale enough air to fill your bedroom!” (EasyScienceForKids.com, 2015)

Basically… You have the NEED to BREATH!

But you have to fight for your right to… breath.

Because the doctor told you… you have ASTHMA.

So what is happening to me during an asthma attack?

Bronchioles play a huge role in the way oxygen gets to your lungs and then to your organs.

When you have an asthma attack, these things become INFLAMED.

IMAGINE! It’s a HOT day and

you are trying to drink a nice tall glass of

water through a very tiny straw.

Not fun?

Your lungs feel the same.

What causes this to happen?

It is important for all people diagnosed with asthma to understand that a “flare up” is most often caused by what is in the air around you.

IN FACT ! Research shows that you can reduce the number of asthma attacks you have by A LOT … by knowing what is in the air and avoiding places that have more of the stuff your lungs and bronchioles just don’t like. (Legorreta, et al., 2001)

What do YOU think some of this stuff is?

And if you don’t know… Now you know…

Know your stuff! Know what makes your asthma worse! The first thing is avoiding an attack altogether. Let yourself breath and get the air you need!

So you can stay away from the dark side!

ReferencesLegorreta, A. P., Liu, X., Farinpour, R., Sennett, C., & PharmD, B. B. (2001).

Improving the quality of care of patients with asthma: the example of

patients with severely symptomatic disease. Journal Of Evaluation In Clinical

Practice, 7(3), 261-269.

EasyScienceForKids.com, 2015 Easy Science for Kids.

http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-human-breathing-system/