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Friday, January 4, 2008
Are you suffering from asthma?
By Henrylito D. Tacio
Health 101
WHAT do former Senator Freddie Webb, basketball star Samboy Lim, and champion swimmer Eric Buhain have one thing in common? They are some of the country's famous asthma sufferers.
In the Philippines, 17 percent of the general population, or 12 million Filipinos, suffer from asthma. Thirty-four percent of these sufferers are children aged six to 14. The rest are adults. Asthma has been cited as one of the leading causes of hospitalization and absenteeism from school and work.
"This is alarming, for it means school-children may have their performance in school affected and young adults may lose out on job opportunities and decrease their earning potential due to their ailment. If not treated early, children who are affected with the disease will become disabled," said asthma specialist Dr. Dina Diaz of the Lung Center of the Philippines.
"It is regrettable that people often take asthma for granted, until such time when the disorder is already very serious or even life-threatening," deplores Dr. Felicidad Cua Lim, president of the National Asthma Movement and founding president of the Philippine Society of Allerology and Immunology.
Medical authorities say asthma is due to the inflammation of the air passages in the lungs and affects the sensitivity of the nerve endings in the airways so they become easily irritated. In an attack, the lining of the passages swell causing the airways to narrow and reducing the flow of air in and out of the lungs.
The strongest risk factors for developing asthma are exposure, especially in infancy, to indoor allergens (such as domestic mites in bedding, carpets and stuffed furniture, cats and cockroaches) and a family history of asthma or allergy. A study in the South Atlantic Island of Tristan de Cunha, where one in three of the 300 inhabitants has asthma, found children with asthmatic parents were much more likely to develop the condition.
Evidence is mounting that one irritant that can trigger an asthma attack is air pollution, notably vehicle exhaust fumes, smoke from fires and smokestack emissions. Sufferers are particularly at risk when smog builds up on windless days.
Urbanization appears to be activated with an increase in asthma. The nature of the risk is still unclear because studies have not taken into account indoor allergens although these have been identified as significant risk factors.
"The treatment of asthma varies according to the severity of the problem," wrote Drs. Donald M. Vickery and James F. Fries in Take Care of Yourself. "Some people have only one or two episodes of asthma and are never troubled again. Other people will have daily attacks. These severely compromise their ability to function normally."
Some physicians maintain that children never truly outgrow asthma, but the evidence is otherwise. Drs. Vickery and Fries noted: "More than half of the children diagnosed as having asthma will never have an asthmatic attack as an adult. Another 10 percent will have only occasional attacks during adult life."
Because asthma is a chronic condition, it usually requires continuous medical care. Patients with moderate to severe asthma have to take long-term medication daily (for example, anti-inflammatory drugs) to control the underlying inflammation and prevent symptoms and attacks.
If symptoms occur, short-term medications are used to relieve them.
"Several different prescription drugs are often combined, but we see no reason to begin treatment with such combination drugs," Drs. Vickery and Fries pointed out. "Many of these compounds have phenobarbital added to counteract some of the stimulating effects of the other medicines included; new medications to counteract the side effects of the previous medication could be added continually.
"All these drugs are powerful, and all cause side effects," they warned. "Minimal side effects may be acceptable to relieve major symptoms. If side effects are intolerable, a new treatment can be made. Try to avoid combination drugs."
Unfortunately, because of the stigma associated with asthma, many asthmatics do not take long-term medication to control their condition. "When told of their asthma, many patients do not accept it and will try anything to get rid of it," laments Dr. Ho Ling, consultant at the KK Women's and Children's Hospital in Singapore.
Unknowingly, asthmatics can participate in athletics. In fact, some Olympic athletes are asthmatics. To name a few: heptathlon champion Jackie Joyner Kersee, wrestler David Schultz and cross-country skier Bill Koch. In the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, 11 percent of the American team were asthmatics.
"Swimming appears to be far and away the best exercise and best sport for the asthmatic," Drs. Vickery and Fries asserted. "Exercise programs with long and steady energy requirements seem to work the best, and swimmers have the advantage of an environment that has very high humidity."
(Friday, November 04, 2005)
Students' Feedback:
As the years go by, more and more people are having asthma attacks, whether mild or not. Many people do not know how serious this disease can get, and tend to take it for granted. According to the article, air pollution triggers this disease. Smoke that come from vehicles, cigarettes and fires gives a higher risk for those who have asthma. If only people are aware how air pollution risks of the lives of many other people, then the earth would be a better place to live in.  ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Friday, January 4, 2008
Are you suffering from asthma?
By Henrylito D. Tacio
Health 101
WHAT do former Senator Freddie Webb, basketball star Samboy Lim, and champion swimmer Eric Buhain have one thing in common? They are some of the country's famous asthma sufferers.
In the Philippines, 17 percent of the general population, or 12 million Filipinos, suffer from asthma. Thirty-four percent of these sufferers are children aged six to 14. The rest are adults. Asthma has been cited as one of the leading causes of hospitalization and absenteeism from school and work.
"This is alarming, for it means school-children may have their performance in school affected and young adults may lose out on job opportunities and decrease their earning potential due to their ailment. If not treated early, children who are affected with the disease will become disabled," said asthma specialist Dr. Dina Diaz of the Lung Center of the Philippines.
"It is regrettable that people often take asthma for granted, until such time when the disorder is already very serious or even life-threatening," deplores Dr. Felicidad Cua Lim, president of the National Asthma Movement and founding president of the Philippine Society of Allerology and Immunology.
Medical authorities say asthma is due to the inflammation of the air passages in the lungs and affects the sensitivity of the nerve endings in the airways so they become easily irritated. In an attack, the lining of the passages swell causing the airways to narrow and reducing the flow of air in and out of the lungs.
The strongest risk factors for developing asthma are exposure, especially in infancy, to indoor allergens (such as domestic mites in bedding, carpets and stuffed furniture, cats and cockroaches) and a family history of asthma or allergy. A study in the South Atlantic Island of Tristan de Cunha, where one in three of the 300 inhabitants has asthma, found children with asthmatic parents were much more likely to develop the condition.
Evidence is mounting that one irritant that can trigger an asthma attack is air pollution, notably vehicle exhaust fumes, smoke from fires and smokestack emissions. Sufferers are particularly at risk when smog builds up on windless days.
Urbanization appears to be activated with an increase in asthma. The nature of the risk is still unclear because studies have not taken into account indoor allergens although these have been identified as significant risk factors.
"The treatment of asthma varies according to the severity of the problem," wrote Drs. Donald M. Vickery and James F. Fries in Take Care of Yourself. "Some people have only one or two episodes of asthma and are never troubled again. Other people will have daily attacks. These severely compromise their ability to function normally."
Some physicians maintain that children never truly outgrow asthma, but the evidence is otherwise. Drs. Vickery and Fries noted: "More than half of the children diagnosed as having asthma will never have an asthmatic attack as an adult. Another 10 percent will have only occasional attacks during adult life."
Because asthma is a chronic condition, it usually requires continuous medical care. Patients with moderate to severe asthma have to take long-term medication daily (for example, anti-inflammatory drugs) to control the underlying inflammation and prevent symptoms and attacks.
If symptoms occur, short-term medications are used to relieve them.
"Several different prescription drugs are often combined, but we see no reason to begin treatment with such combination drugs," Drs. Vickery and Fries pointed out. "Many of these compounds have phenobarbital added to counteract some of the stimulating effects of the other medicines included; new medications to counteract the side effects of the previous medication could be added continually.
"All these drugs are powerful, and all cause side effects," they warned. "Minimal side effects may be acceptable to relieve major symptoms. If side effects are intolerable, a new treatment can be made. Try to avoid combination drugs."
Unfortunately, because of the stigma associated with asthma, many asthmatics do not take long-term medication to control their condition. "When told of their asthma, many patients do not accept it and will try anything to get rid of it," laments Dr. Ho Ling, consultant at the KK Women's and Children's Hospital in Singapore.
Unknowingly, asthmatics can participate in athletics. In fact, some Olympic athletes are asthmatics. To name a few: heptathlon champion Jackie Joyner Kersee, wrestler David Schultz and cross-country skier Bill Koch. In the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, 11 percent of the American team were asthmatics.
"Swimming appears to be far and away the best exercise and best sport for the asthmatic," Drs. Vickery and Fries asserted. "Exercise programs with long and steady energy requirements seem to work the best, and swimmers have the advantage of an environment that has very high humidity."
(Friday, November 04, 2005)
Students' Feedback:
As the years go by, more and more people are having asthma attacks, whether mild or not. Many people do not know how serious this disease can get, and tend to take it for granted. According to the article, air pollution triggers this disease. Smoke that come from vehicles, cigarettes and fires gives a higher risk for those who have asthma. If only people are aware how air pollution risks of the lives of many other people, then the earth would be a better place to live in.
Aroma
Langhapin ang usok
Tuwing umaga’y maiinis
Basurang nabubulok
Abot langit ang bihis
Hindi ba naamoy, isang banta
Mundong may tanging aroma
The Firefly Protest
As a kid, I heard of a story,
About creatures of lighted glory
They thrived wherever there was clean air,
They flew about at nighttime with flair
I grew up and the story changed slowly,
Seeing these fireflies seemed less likely
With what the worsening air pollution
They moved farther and father from civilization
Now I hear of a completely different one,
Of how these beings are now gone
How they searched for a new paradise
Their reason I can easily surmise
Step out of your house, take a walk outside,
There you’ll find riskier things than ingesting formaldehyde
Breathe in sulphur, a deadly gas or two,
Discover just how badly it affects you.
The air that we inhale and breathe,
Is the very air that can kill
These fireflies, they’re telling us to follow their lead,
Telling us to act now, while there is hope still
If I may hope,
I wish we have not only found a way to cope
With the filth we let seep in the air
But we have done something about it, for that is only fair
Many years from now, if we act immediately, I know
The earth’s original beauty will once again show
Make the air worthy of fireflies again,
Make it as pristine as it was then.
Sayaw
Isang gabi lumapit ka
Humalik sa pisngi kong mapupula
Hindi malimot malamig mong halik
Sabay ang tugtog sa ating paligid
Saya’y umaapaw tuwing kapiling ka
Kasayaw ang paru-paro at iba pa
AIR is ♥
One thing we must repair,
Is the current situation of our air.
We have too much to worry about the oil underneath,
So clean up so that we don’t have to worry about what we breathe.
Air and Love
Taking care of our air
is like taking care of a relationship,
without air we would die,
without love, love would die.
Before we would all perish
let us start to cherish
and take care
of our air.
Usok
Hindi ka na ba naawa?
Sa bawat hithit mo ng sigarilyo
Sa bawat bukas mo ng makina ng auto mo
Madami ng namamatay na kaluluwa
Sige! Hawakan mo yang lighter
Buksan mo ang iyong tabako
Palayiban mo ang sinisiga mo
Paganahin mo ang pagbrika mo
Maawa ka sa mga tao
Sa mga taong makakasinghot nito
Kanser, Pneumonia at Hika
Tiyak makakadapo nito
Usok tiyak na nakamamatay!
Hindi lang sa sangkatauhan kundi pati na rin kalikasan
Simpleng paglanghap nito nagdudulot ng karamdaman
Dahil sa usok mo maraming madadamay.
Air Care
Open your eyes and be aware
How dirty and polluted is our air
Our basic need in order to live
So, let’s contribute what we can give
Burning and smoking are the main cause
Our pure and clean air we have lost
We are the reason of air pollution
And so, let’s contribute to make a solution
Let us help each other and do our part
Together we can make a new start
One community, one country and one nation
Preserving our earth for future generation
BISIKLETA.
Sa bawat kalye sa Pinas
makikita mo ang mga batang
nagkakasiyahang nag-uunahan
sakay ng bisikleta
bisikleta.
Isang laruang umuusad
dalawang gulong, o pwedeng tatlo o apat
nagbibigay ngiti
sa matanda at paslit
bisikleta.
Ito'y ano nga ba? ito ba'y isang laruan lamang?
o may iba pa itong saysay
sa bawat buhay?
ito ba'y maaring maging paraan
upang ilitas ang bayan?
bisikleta.
Marahil isang hakbang
upang tulungan
si Inang Kalikasan
hindi man nito kayang lamunin
basura sa kalye natin
o mahigop
lahat ng usok sa hangin
ngunit
sa pagpadyak mo dito
imbes na pagkabig ng manibela ang gawin
naliligtas di lang buhay na tao sa paligid
ngunit ang hangin na siya mismong buhay natin
bisikleta.
Hangi'y iyong sagipin.
Give some love
Let us gaze in our atmosphere
The appearance of black air
The picture of lonely clouds
This is covered by the dusty smoke and gasses
Carbon dioxide, helium and sulfur dioxide
The pests that exist
Not only these
But many more that ruins our mother nature
How can we truly take care of it?
It depends on our actions
It is in our hands
A different world that always demands
Suffocate
There are four mainly causes of bad air
One is for the evil deeds
Two is for the selfishness
And likewise the development of technology
Good air, cultivate our life
Bad air, torture our human race
Each step may led into trouble
But one’s knowledge can change our world
The times of temptations
The number of sins
But why does every creature become unfaithful?
How can we gain our progressing generation?
SKY
I look up in the sky,
All I can see is but the earth’s cry.
Pollution has been severe
Contaminating the air I breathe.
CONTAMINATED
I breathe the air
It seems to be polluted.
Black smokes everywhere
Making places inhabited.
Gratitude
I love how you give
For our selfishness you forgive
Your love is not a fib
`Cause you give us hope to live
Now it’s our turn
To give love in return
Caeroplan
Chemicals burning, and the
Atmosphere’s thinning
Everyone’s contributing, to this
Rapid destruction we’re doing.
Once we realize that
Pollution is a threat to
Life in itself
Actions must be taken, for
Nature should not be forgotten
Invisible
Sometimes the invisible are the most essential
Those are the ones we need for survival
like the feeling of warmth, love, and care
and also God’s gift of air
Air is invisible just like a loving feeling
It keeps the people breathing…Living
And the world turning
Just like the feeling
It’s not ever lasting
It fades away
But it is in us if we want it to stay
We love the feeling
We love the air
We love living
But why don’t we care?
Remedy
Eliminate, annihilate
Pollutants from the Earth.
Authorize, support
Mother Nature's rebirth
Global warming's threatening
Our state of welfare's thinning
Soon we'll all regret
Why did we ever forget?
To replace what we have taken
Leaving some places barren
Extinction and endangerment have proven
This is the last straw, we must listen.
Cut of all producers of CO2
Save our air from this undeniable truth
Plant trees that provide us oxygen
As children of God, we must do what we can.
Begin saving paper
Clean and conserve our world's water
Segregate trash and reuse
Before nature starts to refuse..
To give us life, provide us what we need
Because to it's plea we did not heed
Need we wait to be turned down?
Soon in our regrets, we'll all drown
Creation's a rental
What we get is not all free.
The change is not central
It must come from you and me.
Live
Ever since life started,
We already have this.
And now that it’s polluted,
We all now face different environmental crisis.
What have we done to the air?
We made it unclean and contaminated.
And do people even care
Or do they just let it be neglected?
Damages and deaths
Have all been made and done.
What more could we ask for,
Millions of lives being gone?
Awareness would not hurt us
But loss of life will surely do.
Changing our lifestyle may be difficult
But everyone will benefit and that includes you.
Hanging Tinig
Kahit hindi ko nakikita
sa akin ay tumitingala
Naririnig ko lamang ang tinig
ngunit hindi na humihimig
Sumisigaw na lamang ng pangungulila
sa'ting mga mamamayang taga-Maynila
Sasakyan humaharurot sa EDSA
preno muna sa usok na dinadala
Nakikita mo bang itim na ang langit
Talo pa ang mga mantsyang damat
Kung Siya lamang ay makapagtatagalog
marahil ay ginising na tayo sa pagtulog
Tinig...
Salamin
Humarap ako sa salamin at aking nakita
hangin ay lumuluhod sa pagmamakaawa
Humarap ako sa salamin at aking nakita
di na aking sarili, kundi pangungulilang mukha
Humarap ako sa salamin at wala na 'kong nakita
Naglaho nang parang bula
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