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THE WEEKEND OUTLOOK Friday May 1991 Page Health Watch Asthma a severe chronic disease Asthma is more than just a childhood phase II is a severe chronic disease that affects one in 10 children in this country each year Each day approximately Canadian children are admitted to hospital for the treatment of asthma Parents of asthmatic children often experience a sense of sadness even guilt that their child is burdened with this frustrating disease This burden may lead to feelings of helplessness With a solid management pro gram asthma is a disease that can usually be managed quite ef siad Granville Nickerson former Head of Pediatncs at Montreal Royal Victoria Hospital and a noted lee on asthma is currently tour the country on a national community based information crusade which shows parents of children with asthma how to cope effectively with this disease Over the next few months Dr will speak in more than communities across Canada The focus of his information seminars with parents is asthma prevention achieved through a combined program of family education new forms of preven tative medication and emotional support Dr Nickersons in formation program is sponsored by local lung associations asthma societies and Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Asthma is characterized by varying degrees of tightness in the chest coughing and wheez ing The disease can inhibit a childs ability to breathe pose a threat to a child good health disrupt a child physical development upset a childs educational athletic and social activities and destroy the ty of life both for the child and for family members Still a misunderstood disease the myths of asthma include It s all in your head children grow out of asthma and perhaps the most damaging myth asthma kill anymore The reality is children who die from asthma did not get the help they needed the early stages of an attack Many attacks can be Researchers identify link to SIDS predicted hours in advance by understanding how to recognize the warning signals and knowing how to use a peak flow meter a breathing level detection device explains Dr Nicker In his seminars with parents Dr Nickerson stresses the portance of learning about the nature of asthma and understan ding how the disease progresses Dr explains that parents should learn how to an ticipate trigger factors that stimulate an athma attack minimize the childs exposure to common household triggers such as dust pets cigarette smoke and other respiratory irritants develop a solid crisis manage ment plan understand the benefits and side effects of all prescribed and seek out the expertise and assistance of community based asthma support groups Today said asthma can be controlled and managed quite effectively I believe our information cam paign contributes to this by pro viding a way to help parents help their children The fegJ Store LIVE LOBSTER LB I raES c on I HALBUT STEAK 699 lb FRESH SEA SCALLOPS MOORE PARK PLAZA Main SI Georgetown Ont PHOTO SPECIAL TAXES TAXES Taxpayers Coalition Halton is concerned about local and other government spending and our taxes To tell what we are doing and what you can do about limiting government spending Taxpayers Coalition will hold a Public Meeting in the Georgetown High School at 730 pm on Tues May 21 1 991 Please come ECOLINE of Toronto pathologists have identified a missing link in the cause of den death syndrome Dr Laurence Becker and Ernest Cutz studied tissue samples from SIDS victims and found that some infants showed a delay in the maturation of those parts of the nervous system responsible for control of breathing Our data suggests that SIDS is a multi step process that begins with a developmental delay leading to an unstable cardio respiratory sleep system bet ween one and four months of life said Becker Becker and discovered delayed development of neurons in areas of the brain responsible for respiration of the myehna tion of the vagus nerve which plays an important role in the function of the heart and lungs of the diaphragm the main muscle of rcspi rat ion and of chemoreceptors which monitor the oxygenation of blood and air They suspect an immature respiratory control system could be responsible for subtle disrup in sleep patterns and breathing making the infant susceptible to minor triggering factors such as respiratory tract infections which could prove fatal This could help lay the foun dation for future studies which may lead to clinically relevant screening tests for those infants at risk said Becker In Canada SIDS is the major cause of infant deaths between one month and one year of age It occurs in about 2 per 000 live births striking more boys than girls The highest incidence is in winter Carbon emissions are a major cause ot global warming North Americans release the most carbon per person into the air North America 5 Eastern Europe 1 Western Europe 2 East Asia Africa loo 08 Cars are the biggest single source carbon in North America releasing over 200 million tonnes or over 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