{"id":2182,"date":"2017-11-04T18:37:32","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T18:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oxygenworldwide.wordpress.com\/?p=2182"},"modified":"2017-11-04T18:37:32","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T18:37:32","slug":"asthma-suffers-given-warning-over-bonfires-and-fireworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/en\/asthma-suffers-given-warning-over-bonfires-and-fireworks\/","title":{"rendered":"Asthma suffers given warning over bonfires and fireworks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tBonfires and fireworks could potentially cause fatal asthma attacks warns Asthma UK<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/oxygenworldwide.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/04\/asthma-suffers-given-warning-over-bonfires-and-fireworks\/fireworks\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2183 noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/fireworks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBonfires and fireworks could cause potentially fatal asthma attacks, a leading asthma charity has warned, issuing advice ahead of Bonfire Night on November 5.<br \/>\nThe smoke fumes from burning wood and firework displays can linger in the air creating localised pollution, which could cause asthma attacks for the 5.4million people in the UK with the condition, says Asthma UK.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-vip-slot\" class=\"gpt in-article\" style=\"background:#ffffff;border:0;font-size:16px;margin:0 0 24px;outline:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;overflow:hidden;z-index:1;color:#141414;font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-indent:0;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;height:8px;max-height:8px;\"><\/div>\n<p>Asthma UK, who provide a nurse-staffed helpline for people with asthma, advice on its website and funds over 30 research projects, says three people die from asthma attacks every day.<u><\/u><u><\/u><br \/>\nHaving an asthma attack can be incredibly frightening, and one occurs every 10 seconds in the UK. An attack happens when the airways start to tighten, which can leave people coughing, wheezing and gasping for breath. Some people with asthma describe having an asthma attack as feeling like someone is holding a pillow over their face.<u><\/u><u><\/u><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAsthma UK has issued top tips for people with asthma on Bonfire Night:<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take your preventer medicines as prescribed<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/li>\n<li>Carry your reliever inhaler (usually blue) with you at all times<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/li>\n<li>If you find that smoke is making you cough, stand well back and admire the fireworks from a distance<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/li>\n<li>Make sure your friends and family know what to do and when to get help if your asthma symptoms suddenly get worse<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/li>\n<li>If it\u2019s cold, wrap a scarf over your nose and mouth; this will help to warm up the air before you breathe it in.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ref: http:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/local-news\/asthma-suffers-given-warning-over-11454993\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bonfires and fireworks could potentially cause fatal asthma attacks warns Asthma UK Bonfires and fireworks could cause potentially fatal asthma [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":6,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[17,159,186,598,599],"class_list":["post-2182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-portable-oxygen","tag-breathing","tag-uk","tag-asthma","tag-bonfire-night","tag-fireworks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oxygenworldwide.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}