People who have worsen asthma usually use a machine to help them with breathing, or even take maintenance medication. Since then it’s her second year here in The Philippines and her asthma has significantly gotten worse, to the point where she has to use her inhaler 2x and maybe more than 4x in one day, it’s advice to only use your inhaler 4 times a day and that’s it. She came here in Silliman University to study and pursue her dream, the first year she was here she never really had to use her inhaler only on a occasion matter affect she didn’t even brought her inhaler with her. I personally know a student that has asthma and I never really knew she had asthma cuz she never really use her inhaler, or just not in front of me, she came from California it’s also a busy city with a lot of cars and factories especially downtown area, but the Philippines is different she said. These symptoms can cause a student a hard time in school. Students who suffer from any related lung condition, are at a high risk from worsening their condition and can lead to inability to focus and lack of oxygen that leads to confusion, dizziness, headache, and shortness of breath. People from other countries who visits the Philippines and stayed for a while suffer from worsen asthma to the point where their inhaler doesn’t work, which becomes an unhappy stay. A puff of their inhaler can do the trick, but when it becomes breathless seek medical attention immediately.Īir pollution can worsen asthma due to the toxins that are created from air pollution, such as cars, fossil fuels and burning trash contributes highly on air pollution (AAFA). For example, Asthma can triggered out of nowhere which lead to symptoms such as coughing, wheezing, chest pain, and difficulty breathing. Chronic exposure is really bad for their condition. People with existing Tuberculosis, Emphysema, Pneumonia and Asthma are at a high risk from worsening their condition. Pre-existing Lung Conditions are at higher risks from air pollution. According to our local hospital in Dumaguete the top 1 morbidity is upper respiratory infection, which is an infection to the lungs with a rate of 425 patients and the runner up is animal bites with 45 patients, these statistically shows how bad the air quality is in our country and our city (Barangay Bajumpanda). We have to make a movement in our local city to stop trash burners from premature deaths due to chronic air pollution. Air pollution levels remain high and are increasing in many low and middle income countries. 7 million lung cancer deaths worldwide which estimates to 300, 000 deaths (Vital Strategies Environmental). Air pollution is responsible for up to 16. Long-term exposure to air pollution can contribute to the development of some lung conditions, which could eventually lead to lung cancer.
All the smog that creates from the fire can cause the air pollution to worsen. Ozone is a pale blue gas that is explosive and toxic, if the Ozone layer overdose it creates a hole.īurning of trash just to get rid of tree branches and unwanted fallen leaves is not logical. It’s already really bad from factories and vehicles who just coughs up a smog of coal which creates (ozone) particle. Lung cancer is common in third world countries due to air pollution, and The Philippines is one of the few countries who struggles from air pollution. The fact that waste burning is manmade it’s even immoral that people do such harm. Waste burners are slowly killing our earth and slowly killing us, it’s not the main cause of air pollution but it’s definitely one of them. It comes to the point where the environment and a part of Dumaguete becomes foggy, not from cold air but from the fire it creates almost like a cloud. Here in Dumaguete there’s a lot of trash being burned especially coming from houses, these effects pedestrians and bystanders from nearby houses. It’s very bad for your health and increases the risk of lung cancer, worsening pre-existing lung condition, and heart disease. It’s so bad for the environment and is the leading cost of global warming and air pollutions. Which unfortunately 95% of the trash burners do. When you add objects such as plastic bottles, leaves, rubber and etc it creates a toxic smog which can be very bad for the health. Burning of trash should be banned in the city of Dumaguete due to creating pollution by the smog it creates from the fire.
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