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THIS IS A PICTURE OF NORMAL AIRWAYS AND AIRWAYS WITH ASTHMA.
THIS IS A GRAPH OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WITH ASTHMA.
MORE THAN 25MILLION PEOPLE HAVE ASTHMA IN THE STATES.
Jackie Joyner- Kersee a four time track Olympian ,first found out she had asthma when she was a freshman in high school.
Jerome Bettis an NFL running back was diagnosed with asthma at the age of 15.He had an asthma attack in an extremely hot football game,he was able to be treated on the side lines and returned to the game.
Amy Van Dyken an Olympic swimmer,when she was a child she had asthma.She had asthma so bad she could not climb her first stair in her house.She got her asthma under control and became a star athlete.
Asthma is a disease that effects your lungs.Asthma causes inflammation in both small and large airways,making it more difficult to breathe.If you have asthma,you might be able to grow out of it.Asthma has no cure.Asthma can be treated with medicine to decrease inflammation and help breathing.
I chose this topic because I had asthma and I wanted to know more about asthma, I also wanted to know if people with asthma can still play sports.If you have asthma you are born with it ,it does not come to you in the middle of your life.If you have asthma you can grow out of it,it does not stay with you your whole life .Some people with asthma are not able to grow out of asthma and they have it forever.That is why I chose this project so that I can know more about asthma.
