ECHO | Asthma and Respiratory Diseases | Somali

ECHO | Asthma and Respiratory Diseases | Somali

The growth in asthma and other breathing-related diseases are becoming an issue of concern these days, particularly when it comes to children or young people. Like all diseases, diagnosing asthma early can make it easier to control and treat. This Somali language show talks how to identify a persons who is having asthma or another serious respiratory disease and how those kinds of diseases are treated.Asthma — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment of this
chronic lung condition. Get all your questions answered now Learn how you can make a difference.
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'heightened concern' over new flue-like virus breakout (Swine flu?)

The World Health Organization expressed "heightened concern" on Friday over more than 800 "influenza-like" cases reported in Mexico, after seven cases of a severe respiratory illness were confirmed in two US border states. WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl told CBC News on Friday that health officials are dealing with three separate events in Mexico, with most of the 828 cases in and around the capital, Mexico City. At least 24 cases have been reported in the central region, while four have been reported in the north. The mystery illness has led to at least 20 deaths in the country. Most of the cases have occurred in healthy young adults, Hartl said. "Because these cases are not happening in the very old or the very young, which is normal with seasonal influenza, this is an unusual event and a cause for heightened concern," Hartl said in an interview from WHO headquarters in Geneva. It is also rare to see such high flu activity so late in the season, he said. "The end of April, especially in a place like Mexico, you would think that we would see quite a steep decline," said Hartl. All classes cancelled in Mexico City A Mexican Health Ministry statement issued on Thursday afternoon said the country "was in the presence of a new influenza virus that constitutes a respiratory epidemic which is controllable, so far." But laboratory tests on the 828 Mexican cases have yet to confirm the patients are suffering from influenza, or what strain it might be, Hartl said. The Mexican ...Asthma — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment of this
chronic lung condition. Get all your questions answered now Learn how you can make a difference.
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