Asthma and inhalers Lesson 14 of the medicine course of Mova's primary school: 16 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: the lesson at school .
0 In asthma the airways in the lungs are extra sensitive: colds, exercise, cold air, dust or smoke make them tighten and swell, causing wheeze, cough and breathlessness. 1 The blue reliever inhaler relaxes the airway muscles within minutes, like loosening a tight belt round the airways. 2 The brown preventer inhaler calms the swelling slowly, so it only works if taken every day, even when you feel fine. 3 A spacer, a plastic tube on the inhaler, helps more medicine reach the lungs instead of sticking in the mouth. 4 Asthma is not catching and not a sign of being unfit: with good control people with asthma can do every sport, and many top athletes have it. 5 In asthma the airways are sensitive, and triggers such as colds, exercise, cold air, dust or smoke make them tighten and swell. 6 The blue reliever inhaler relaxes the airway muscles within minutes; inhalers control asthma but do not cure it. 7 A preventer inhaler contains a steroid that calms airway swelling over time and only works if taken every day. 8 Inhaled steroids are not the same as the steroids some athletes misuse. 9 A spacer holds the puff so it can be breathed in slowly, so more medicine reaches the lungs. 10 In an asthma attack the person sits upright, uses the blue inhaler with a spacer, up to 10 puffs, and 999 is called if they are not better or get worse. 11 With good control people with asthma can do all sports, and many top athletes have asthma; warming up, and using the reliever before exercise if needed, helps. 12 Smoke irritates the airways; homes and cars should be smoke-free, and smoking out of the window is not enough. 13 UK schools can keep emergency reliever inhalers for children known to have asthma. 14 A peak flow meter measures how fast you can blow air out, which shows how open the airways are. 16 Colds and other viral infections are the most common trigger of asthma attacks in children. ← previous Hay fever, allergies and EpiPensnext → Eczema and other skin troubles↑ back to Medicine This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/14-asthma-and-inhalers/