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A 6 page paper on the causes of asthma and its relationship to exercise. Main focus is on yourth sports in schools. Subjects covered include: medications, alternative treatments (warm-ups, masks/scarves, swimming for cardiovascular and strength training, relaxation), and what school coaches and parents in combination can do to help young athletes. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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clinical professor of pediatrics at the UCLA School of Medicine. "This occurs in people of all ages, although it is more common in children because of their increased physical activity"
(Body Watch, 1994, E-3). Physicians wrote about the effect of exercise on breathing centuries ago. In modern medical terms, this is called "exercise-induced asthma." (Body Watch, 1994, E-3).
In recent years, asthma has begun to attract increasing attention--in part because athletes have developed and begun to talk about it. In the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, 11%
of the athletes suffered from exercise-induced asthma. In the 1988 Olympics, five gold medalists, 10 silver medalists and one bronze medalist also had exercise-induced asthma. (Body Watch, 1994, E-3).
Some of these include: swimmer Nancy Hogshead, diver Greg Louganis, triathalon runner Tom Warren, runner Tom Dolan, butterflier Craig Beardsley, and runner Jackie Joyner-Kersee. According to Elise Goldberg, M.
Ed., and many other doctors and sports medicine professionals, undiagnosed asthma can be deadly for athletes (Goldberg, 1993). Unfortunately, many athletes attribute signs of asthma to being out of
shape or lack of training, so they increase their training and dont got to their coaches or doctors to find out why they are out of breath, further jeopardizing their
lives. This is unnecessary, since there are effective medications on the market, along with other training guidelines that can help athletes with asthma. According to Goldberg and others,
coaches can also become more involved in helping athletes avoid misunderstanding their breathlessness. Asthma is a constriction of the bronchial airways causing coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath. Dr.
Malcolm Sears, a professor of medicine at McMaster University, says asthma "is an illness that used to be considered a relatively mild disease--and now its killing people" (Nichols, 1995, pp.
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