1. Name: Yarissa Ramirez
Period: 5

2. Air Pollution.
What causes air pollution?
Causes
Things that cause air pollution are:
• Smoke from forest fires
• Dust
• Salt particles
• Burning engines
• gases of decaying
particles
• smokes from
company's/trucks
Air pollution: contamination
Of air by smoke and
Harmful gases mainly
Oxides of carbon, sulfur,
And nitrogen.

3. It is said that air pollution kills more people than car crashe, etc.
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4. Air Pollution
Results
Health results from air pollution:
Pollution can affect serious
health problems some are
• Asthma
• Chronic bronchitis
• Lung cancer
• Emphysema
Pollution can also kill plants and
can affect animals.

5. Causes of pollution
These are some things that
cause pollution.

6. ASTHMA
What is asthma?
• Asthma is a common long
lasting disease that
causes inflammation in
the airways causing
difficulty to breath..
• Asthma is disease that
causes difficulty breathing
and a whistling sound
none as (wheezing).And
coughing specially in the
night or the morning.

7. ASTHMA CON.
• People with asthma have difficulty breathing
because of the inflammation and narrowing of
the airways.
• When asthma symptoms becomes worse it is
called an asthma attack.
• Some people only get one symptom but other
people get all the symptoms.

9. Kinds Of Asthma's
Child-Onset Asthma:
• Asthma that begins during childhood is called Child Onset asthma. This
happens when the child becomes sensitive to common allergens(Dust,Pollen,
and Grasses.) Most likely do to genetic reason.
Adult-Onset Asthma
• This term is used when an adult gets asthma after reaching 20 yrs. of age.This
kind of asthma affects women more than men.And is much less common than
child onset asthma.It can be triggered by some allergic material or an
allergy.Exposure to a certain particle or chemical in certain
plastics,metals,medication, or wood dust can also be a trigger for adult onset
asthma.

10. Con.
Exercise-Induced Asthma:
• If you cough, or feel wheezing or shortness of breath you
could be suffering from Exercise induced asthma.Your level
of fitness is also a factor - a person who is unfit and runs fast
for ten minutes is going to be out of breath. However, if your
coughing, wheezing or panting does not make sense, this
could be an indication of exercise-induced asthma.
Cough-Induced Asthma
• This kind of asthma is the hardest to find because doctors
have to has to eliminate other possibility's.The coughing can
occur alone without other asthma symptoms.It can happen at
day or night if it happens at night it can cause you to sleep
less.

11. con.
Some other asthma's are
• Nocturnal Asthma
• Steroid-resistant Asthma

13. Asthma Medication
A person with a moderate asthma attack may use quick
relief medication as needed.The persons with severe
asthma attacks should take medication on the regular basis.
The persons who might have a severe asthma attack may
require a diagnosis and may require a hospital stay,
oxygen, or vein medication.
Asthma treatment is an effort between you and your doctor
both of you guys can work together to come up with a
solution for your asthma treatment.

14. Asthma med.
Treatment to prevent an asthma attack, not a treatment during
an asthma attack:
– inhaled steroids (such as azmacort etc.)to Prevent
inflammation.
– Leukotriene inhibitors (such as singulair and accolate).
– Anti-lge therapy (xolair), a medicine given by injection to
patints with more severe asthma.
– cromolyn sodium (intal)or nedocromil sodium.
– amino phylline or theophylline (not used as frequently as in
the past).
- Sometimes a combination of steroids and bronchodilators
are used,using eithe separate inhalers or a single inhalers/

15. Medication During An Asthma Attack.
-Short-acting bronchodilators (inhalers), such as
proventil,ventolin,xopenex,and others.
-Corticosteroids or methylprednisolone given by mouth or into
vein.

16. How does polution affect asthma.
• Because the air drags in all kind of particles like smoke from
cigars, smoke from car motors, etc.
• All of those things can cause children’s inflammation in the
airways and that change can cause an allergic reaction, and
allergy is one of the risk factors for asthma.

17. References
• http://www.cdc.gov
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• http://confluence.fruman.edu:8443/display/ggy230f10/urba+air+pollution
Schmidt, L. (2010, December 02). Urban air pollution. Retrieved from
https://confluence.furman.edu:8443/display/GGY230F10/Urban Air Pollution.11/22/11
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11/22/11
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18. APA
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6b students know how to analyze changes in the ecosystem from the changes in
climate and human activity.
1a
Students know how to select and use appropriate tools and
technology (such as computer-linked probes,
spreadsheets, and graphing calculators) to perform tests,
collect data, analyze relationships, and display data.