How to live in a dirty world
We now know (and even governments are beginning to admit it) that pollution is growing daily and is a key factor in the explosion of the number of asthmatics around the world. There is practically no country that hasn't seen a rise in pollution levels and the amount of asthma sufferers in the last twenty years. Whether it is the black smoke coming out of car exhausts, large chemical plants or smoke from cigarettes, people are feeling its effects on their health in an increasingly alarming number.
Maybe what is the saddest and also the most frightening problem with asthma is that children are particularly at risk. As their lungs are still growing and as a result have to breathe faster than adults, they are more prone to smoke and other pollutants found in the air. Children are also more susceptible to developing asthma if they live in a smoke filled house or the area where they live has a high smog count.
People who already have asthma have seen it getting worse in recent years. More sufferers are finding themselves being treated in hospital when before they could cope by themselves.
So what can we do you reduce pollution? Well short of being
elected president in your country and bringing in new laws to
curb pollution emissions, not too much. The first solution is
to make your house smoke and pollution free. If you smoke, quit.
It may sound like an impossible task, especially if you have
been at it for many years, but ask your doctor to give you some
advice and you will be amazed at the treatments that are now
available to make it easier. Don't let other people smoke in
your house, either. If you really can't stop smoking then find
a place such as the garden, balcony or window and only smoke
there. By limiting the amount of places in the home containing
cigarette smoke you will go a long way to controlling your children's
asthma. Another
very important cause of asthma is smog from vehicle emissions.
Use your car less, if you are going to the corner shop then
walk! Buy a bicycle, ask work colleagues if they would like
to start a car pool with you. It may seem like a grain of sand
in an ocean but doing your bit will eventually produce results.
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© Karon Beattie - http://www.cure-your-asthma.com
About the Author - Karon Beattie is a former asthma sufferer.
She is the author of several books including "Naturally
Free From Asthma" which describes how she eliminated her
own asthma. This
book has helped many other sufferers WorldWide do the same.
http://www.cure-your-asthma.com