Scott+Giberson

**The air quality index is also known as the air pollution index. This is a number used by government agencies to characterize the quality of air at a given location.AQI can increase by a large percentage because of the population can cause severe health effects which are adverse. To compute the Aqi it requires an air pollutant concentration from a model or a monitor. The function used to convert from air pollutant’s concentration to Aqi varies by the pollutant which is different in many countries. Air quality index values are divided into ranges and each range is assigned a descriptor and a color code. Standardized public health advisories are with each Aqi range. **
 * __Air Quality levels in our area- __**

**A professional athlete that has Asthma –Pete Vanderkaay **
**Pete Vanderkaay Isa gold medalist in the freestyle relay and an individual bronze medalist in the 2008 Olympics. He has been swimming since age 7competitively despite having his first asthma symptoms at age 10.Now he monitors his asthma daily but he doesn’t let this hold him back. Once he found the right long term action plan. He is now able to get where he is today. My doctor, parents and I worked as a team so I could continue my training. ** **__ways that a person with asthma can deal/cope with this condition __** This is how I feel if I had asthma. It would make me feel like I couldn’t do many sports it is not a good feeling not being able to do something I like. I would have to go to the doctor a lot for checkups and taking asthma medicine is a change in itself. If I did not have asthma it would affect me because my family and friends get this and if they get an attack it will be very scary to hear. More people have asthma now is because of many environmental pollutants .Research shows that asthma is predominantly childhood disease. Some develop this condition during adulthood. Studies carried out recently that by the year 2025 some 400 million to 450 million people will get asthma .this is a worrying increase since 1980.The largest increase is children under 5 years old. **__Why do more people have Asthma now then 20 years ago? __** The growing occuranceof asthma is a trend in worrying in the health of modern society. Asthma is a disease of the repertory system that can cause air ways to constrict and then close up. The very effect on a person suffering from asthma can experience difficulty getting a breath .Asthma is a very serious condition that should be carefully monitored and certain precautions have to be taken. In most cases when a person has asthma they are diagnosed as children by this they are learning by following the very precautions early in life they become less cumbersome and are easily followed through their adult lives. When an adult asthma occurs it can take a lot of getting used to and how to learn to deal with. People who suffer from adult asthma did not have it as a child. This can be a difficult experience to cope with. This can be caused by a variety of things such as allergies, and if somebody is diagnosed with adult asthma they have certain precautions they never had to deal with it while growing up. Following these precautions or else your adult asthma can seriously harm you or even possibly could take your own life. This depends on what kind of asthma you suffer from.