{"id":847,"date":"2015-04-23T17:03:24","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T17:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/?p=847"},"modified":"2019-12-19T19:37:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T19:37:18","slug":"what-are-the-risk-factors-and-symptoms-of-childhood-asthma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/what-are-the-risk-factors-and-symptoms-of-childhood-asthma\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the Risk Factors and Symptoms of Childhood Asthma?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Did you know that asthma is the most common, chronic,childhood disease?&nbsp; It&#8217;s more commonly found in children who live in urban areas and more prevalent in African Americans than Caucasians, and in males more than females.<\/p>\n<p>Asthma often runs in families. Children who have brothers, sisters or parents with asthma often will have asthma themselves. Asthma can also be caused by certain types of allergens.<\/p>\n<p>Risk factors for childhood asthma include:<a href=\"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/asthma-childhood-200x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-848\" src=\"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/asthma-childhood-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"asthma-childhood-200x300\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2022&nbsp;Allergies \u2013 environmental or food<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;Family history<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;Frequent respiratory infections<br \/>\n\u2022 Secondhand smoke<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;Living in an urban versus suburban area<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;African American<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;Low birth weight baby<\/p>\n<p>Signs and symptoms:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022&nbsp;Rapid breathing<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;Dark circles under the eyes<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;Shortness of breath<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;Wheezing<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;Feeling tired or weak<br \/>\n\u2022&nbsp;Chest pain on exertion<\/p>\n<p>The Ambulatory Care Center at Flushing Hospital Medical Center offers a full range of pediatric allergy and asthma services. Please call 718-670-5486 for an appointment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"disclaimer\">All content of this newsletter is intended for general information purposes only and is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.  Please consult a medical professional before adopting any of the suggestions on this page.   You must never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking medical treatment based upon any content of this newsletter.<strong>  PROMPTLY CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN OR CALL 911 IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.<\/strong> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that asthma is the most common, chronic,childhood disease?&nbsp; It&#8217;s more commonly found in children who live in urban areas and more prevalent in African Americans than Caucasians, and in males more than females. Asthma often runs in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/what-are-the-risk-factors-and-symptoms-of-childhood-asthma\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1,3],"tags":[158,42,159],"class_list":["post-847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allergy-and-asthma","category-health","category-pediatric-care","tag-asthma","tag-fhmc_nyc","tag-nationalasthmaandallergyawareness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=847"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5696,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/847\/revisions\/5696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flushinghospital.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}