Health Impairments

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Health Impairments

• Brett Chafin
• Jeff Wayman

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Topics

• Asthma Bronchial asthma is an inflammatory
  disorder of the airways, characterized by attacks
  of wheezing, shortness of breath, chest
  tightness, and coughing.
• Diabetes Life long disease of high blood sugar
  caused by too little insulin, resistance to
  insulin or both.

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Causes of Asthma

• Inhaled allergens
• Dust mites
• Cockroach allergens
• Molds and pollens
• Respiratory infections
• Exercise
• Cold air
• Tobacco smoke

• Air pollutants
• Stress
• Food or drug allergies

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Ways of Inducing Risk

• Avoid exposures to allergens and respiratory
  irritants
• Clean sleeping area
• Vacuum regularly
• Lower indoor humidity

• Avoid exposure to cigarette smoke, pollution,
  industrial dust, and irritating fumes

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Mild Characteristics

• Wheezing
• Coughing
• Shortness of breath
• Intercostals retractions

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Severe Characteristics

• Extreme difficulty breathing
• Bluish color to lips and face
• Severe anxiety
• Rapid pulse
• Sweating
• Decrease level of consciousness

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Modified Activities

• Have child participate in safe environment
• Allow the child to walk/run when they feel it is
  appropriate
• Sub-runners (ex. Baseball all-time QB)

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Safety Precautions

• Know the childs allergies
• Have inhalers and medicine handy at all times
• Avoid high humidity environments
• Avoid dusty environments
• Avoid irritating fumes

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Causes of Diabetes

• High blood glucose because their pancreas does
  not make enough insulin or their muscle, fat, and
  liver do not respond to the insulin
• Type 1 diabetes is when the body makes no insulin
  and daily injections are required
• Type 2 diabetes is mainly caused by obesity, lack
  of exercise, and lack of absorption of insulin.

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Ways To Reduce Risk

• Exercise
• Maintaining ideal body weight
• Having a generally active lifestyle

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Severe/Mild Characteristics

• Increased thirst
• Increased urination
• Weight loss in spite of increased appetite
• Fatigue
• Nausea/vomiting
• Blurred vision
• Slow healing infections
• Impotence in men

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Modified Activities

• Less strenuous
• Few modifications need to be made

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Safety Precautions

• Plenty of fluids
• Access to sugars
• Insulin shots on hand
• First aid equipment and trained individual on
  hand

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References

• http//health.yahoo.com/health/dc/000141/0.html
• http//aaaai.org/public/publicedmat/tips/childhood
  asthma.stm
• http//gsk.ibreathe.com/ibreathe_pages/2_0_asthma/
  2_1_2_causes.htm