Blog Post Module 12: Reflection Prompt
Pick one disease of civilization that interests you in particular, and research how changes in lifestyle may have been associated with its rise. We expect well-researched contributions. Provide links to all the references you consulted.
Multiple things can trigger your airways, causing them to tighten or twitch. Each person’s asthma is unique and reacts to different triggers. These triggers may be caused by house dust, molds, animals, cockroaches, the outdoors, strong smells, the weather, infections, food and medicine allergies, exercise, stress and emotions, reflux and heartburn, and smoking. As far as changes in lifestyle may have been associated with asthmas rise within civilization, I would say smoking has the most harmful effects on an individual because it can cause multiple dieseases including asthma.
According to peer review, "Evidence for Lifestyle Interventions in Asthma", lifestyle interventions were tested in asthma, including improving nutrition, increasing physical activity and introduction of relaxation therapies such as yoga and massage therapy. Their evidence suggests a protective effect of increasing fruit, vegetable and wholegrain intake and increasing physical activity levels in asthma. Weight loss is recommended for obese asthmatic patients, as just 5–10% weight loss has been found to improve quality of life and asthma control in most obese asthmatic patients. Other lifestyle interventions such as meditation, yoga and massage therapy show promise, with positive effects on asthma seen in other studies.
Asthma rates have been surging around the globe over the past three decades, and for a long time researchers thought they had a good idea of what might be fueling the increase: the world we live in is just a little too clean. This supports the hygiene hypothesis: early childhood exposure to particular microorganisms protects against allergic diseases by contributing to the development of the immune system. In particular, a lack of exposure is thought to lead to defects in the establishment of immune tolerance.
One disease that interests me in particular is asthma because my older sister and I have minor problems, but my parents do not. I don't really know that much about it, only that it makes it hard to breathe.
Multiple things can trigger your airways, causing them to tighten or twitch. Each person’s asthma is unique and reacts to different triggers. These triggers may be caused by house dust, molds, animals, cockroaches, the outdoors, strong smells, the weather, infections, food and medicine allergies, exercise, stress and emotions, reflux and heartburn, and smoking. As far as changes in lifestyle may have been associated with asthmas rise within civilization, I would say smoking has the most harmful effects on an individual because it can cause multiple dieseases including asthma.
According to peer review, "Evidence for Lifestyle Interventions in Asthma", lifestyle interventions were tested in asthma, including improving nutrition, increasing physical activity and introduction of relaxation therapies such as yoga and massage therapy. Their evidence suggests a protective effect of increasing fruit, vegetable and wholegrain intake and increasing physical activity levels in asthma. Weight loss is recommended for obese asthmatic patients, as just 5–10% weight loss has been found to improve quality of life and asthma control in most obese asthmatic patients. Other lifestyle interventions such as meditation, yoga and massage therapy show promise, with positive effects on asthma seen in other studies.
Asthma rates have been surging around the globe over the past three decades, and for a long time researchers thought they had a good idea of what might be fueling the increase: the world we live in is just a little too clean. This supports the hygiene hypothesis: early childhood exposure to particular microorganisms protects against allergic diseases by contributing to the development of the immune system. In particular, a lack of exposure is thought to lead to defects in the establishment of immune tolerance.
Overtime, scientists realized the hygiene hypothesis was just the beginning when trying to understand the cause of asthma. Other suggested causes include a rise in sedentary lifestyle, which could affect lung strength, and the rise in obesity, which increases inflammation throughout the body. A reworking of the hygiene hypothesis that focuses on changes in the normal nondisease-causing bacteria that live inside and on the body (in the intestines or the airways or on the skin). Scientists aren't exactly sure why asthma cases continue to rise. Some wonder whether modernization in general or westernization in particular may play a role.
Hi, Shaun. Interesting read that I think pertains to so many of us. I still remember my senior year of high school when Juuls came out and everyone had one. Kinda crazy how much this market has taken off. Good discussion!
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