Effects of asthma

  Effects of Asthma impact Society and those with the illness.

General effects of asthma:

1 There are about 20 million Americans who suffer from one form of asthma or the other.

2 There are more than 70% of asthmatic people who also suffer from allergies.

3 There are 10 million Americans who suffer specifically from allergic asthma.

4 There are an estimated 5,000 deaths from asthma yearly.

Effects of asthma on the economy

5 Loss of productive working days to workers who are asthmatic and are unable to go to work

6 Direct health care costs for asthma in the United States of America now total more than $11.5 billion per annum; indirect costs (lost efficiency) add another $4.6 billion for a total of $16.1 billion. Prescription drugs represented the largest single direct medical expenses, over $5 billion.

7 The worth of reduced productivity as a result of death represented the major single indirect cost linked to asthma, approaching $1.7 billion

8 Asthma now accounts for about 24.5 million missed work days for adults yearly




Effects of asthma on children

1 There are about 9 million American kids of less than 19 years old who have asthma.

2 There are more than 4 million kids who have had an asthmatic attack in the previous year.

3 There are an estimate of 12.8 million school days missed yearly as a result of asthma

Effects of asthma on family-

4 Parents with asthmatic children are always on edge because of the possibility of their children have attacks anytime.

5 Spending a lot of money buying asthma medications and always going to and fro the hospital when an attack occurs.

And these are just general informational aspects of the cost of dealing with the effect of asthma on the general population. Consider the asthma effects on the lungs of an individual can border on an ongoing crisis,

Yes, the population at large and society pays a cost for asthma but the real costs of asthma is paid by the individual. The effects on their lives, their lungs, respiratory system and breathing abilities, and their body as a whole is significant, ongoing and very serious.

All these effects of asthma simply show that asthma is a serious condition both at a societal and personal level.

Do everything within your power to protect yourself and your loved ones from asthma. Most importantly, prevent those things that cause, trigger or worsen your asthmatic condition.

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