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  2. Epidemiology of asthma - Wikipedia

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    [13] [14] [15] In 2005, asthma affected more than 22 million people, including 6 million children, and accounted for nearly 500,000 hospitalizations that same year. [16] In 2010, asthma accounted for more than one-quarter of admitted emergency department visits in the U.S. among children aged 1–9 years, and it was a frequent diagnosis among ...

  3. How Climate Change Is Punishing Asthma Sufferers - AOL

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    Indeed, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) warns patients of what it calls the September Asthma Epidemic. For one thing, summer heat can easily persist straight through the month ...

  4. Environmental issues in New York City - Wikipedia

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    The South Bronx is particularly affected. Asthma is the leading cause of hospitalizations and school absences for Bronx children (Warman et al., 2009). In 2016, there were 42,712 asthma related emergency room admissions in New York City for children ages 0–17.

  5. Asthma - Wikipedia

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    In 2019, asthma affected approximately 262 million people and caused approximately 461,000 deaths. [8] Most of the deaths occurred in the developing world. [4] Asthma often begins in childhood, [4] and the rates have increased significantly since the 1960s. [18] Asthma was recognized as early as Ancient Egypt. [19]

  6. Thunderstorm asthma - Wikipedia

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    Thunderstorm asthma (also referred to in the media as thunder fever or a pollen bomb [1]) is the triggering of an asthma attack by environmental conditions directly caused by a local thunderstorm. Due to the acute nature of the onset and wide exposure of local populations to the same triggering conditions, severe epidemic thunderstorm asthma ...

  7. Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America - Wikipedia

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    The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA) is the leading patient organization for people with asthma and allergies and the oldest asthma and allergy patient group in the world. AAFA is dedicated to saving lives and reducing the burden of disease for people with asthma, allergies, and related conditions through research, education ...

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  9. Reactive airway disease - Wikipedia

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    While the acronyms are similar, reactive airway disease (RAD) and reactive airways dysfunction syndrome (RADS) are not the same. [1]Reactive airways dysfunction syndrome was first identified by Stuart M. Brooks and colleagues in 1985 as an asthma-like syndrome developing after a single exposure to high levels of an irritating vapor, fume, or smoke.