SiteTitle | • | May is Asthma Awareness Month | [X] |
| | | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 May 2 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | An estimated 25 million Americans including seven million children suffer from asthma, a chronic respiratory disease for which attacks can range from mild to life-threatening. The prevalence has been increasing over the last two decades, and the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is encouraging effective management to reduce environmental triggers of the disease during Asthma Awareness Month in May. | | | | Date Created: | 05 02 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 473**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000043489 Original UID: 23014 FIRST WORD: May | |
| | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2014 May 12 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Nearly 26 million Americans suffer from asthma, a chronic lifelong disease that affects the lungs. Asthma causes wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing at night or early in the morning. In the United States, approximately half of people with asthma had at least one asthma attack in 2012. More children (55%) than adults (49%) had an attack. Asthma attacks cause adults to miss work and children to miss school. | | | | Date Created: | 05-12-2014 | | | | Agency ID: | 557**14 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000053219 Original UID: 174483 FIRST WORD: May | |
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