Breathe Bits

BREATHE LA O24U is an environmental education program provided to children, ages 8 - 12, in elementary and middle school.

Sites for 2007- 2008

A World Fit For Kids! - BYB

Wouldn't it be great if the children you serve who have asthma could learn to better manage their condition while having fun playing an interactive video game? We developed Quest for the Code as an interactive resource to help kids do just that, and the game is now available online for the first time! Featuring some of their favorite celebrities as asthma-villains, Quest for the Code will help kids and teens find out more about:

• Early warning signs and symptoms
• Identifying and avoiding asthma triggers
• Myths about asthma
• How asthma affects the lungs
• Proper use of asthma medication devices
• Long-term control medicine and quick-relief medicine

The game is available online at: http://asthma.starlightprograms.org

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Is that asthma?

People suffering from episodes of breathing difficulty may, or may not, have asthma.

Even someone who has been diagnosed with asthma may not have typical symptoms. Some symptoms of asthma are not consistent and others can vary from time to time in an individual. To complicate matters, some medical conditions can mimic asthma and make the correct diagnosis of asthma more difficult.

A recent study of asthma patients, 606 pediatric patients ages two to 17, and 680 adult patients ages 18 to 54 showed that, while males are more often hospitalized as children, females are hospitalized more often as adults. Only forty percent of pediatric asthma patients admitted to the hospital for treatment of asthma symptoms were girls while sixty-eight percent were adult women. Gender disparities in adults may be due to more women having a primary care provider than men, but researchers also recorded differences in the severity of asthma in adults but not in children.

Children with asthma don't need to sit on the sidelines for summer sports.

Exercise and sports are beneficial for all children, including children with asthma, so long as they are under a doctor's care and their asthma is under control.

All children with asthma should

• make their caregivers and coaches aware of their condition
• carry emergency medication

April 12, 2007
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