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A short true or false quiz is the most appropriate way to demolish some myths and to show facts about asthma

1. T or F This disease is 'all in the mind'

2. T or F You can get rice of at completely

3. T or F It is not a serious disease; it doesn't threaten life and it` easy to cure

4. T or F You are predisposed to asthma in case a member of your family has it

5. T or F Asthma is contagious

6. T or F The desert or a change of clime can cure asthma

7. T or F Exercises are not appropriate for asthmatic people

8. T or F It is not necessary to take medication for asthma

9. T or F Medicines for asthma develop addiction

10. T or F An asthmatic person can deliberately simulate an asthma attack

Answers:

* ' F - asthma has nothing to do with the psychic in its origins, but emotional problems can generate an episode

* ' F - asthma cannot be cured. But the symptoms may become inactive for children when they reach the teenage. It is also possible for asthma attacks to return wore violently in adult hood

* ' F - There is no treatment to cure this disease, but it can be controlled. This control is extremely important, because its absence may require hospitalization or produce death.

* ' T - There are 70% more chances for a child that has asthmatic parents to become an asthmatic, 30% more risks for one that has only one asthmatic parents, compared to the 6% chances for a child that has healthy parent

* ' F - Asthma does not belong to the class of contagious diseases

* ' F - A change of environment can only represent a temporary solution; when the organism gets used to the new environment, the same symptoms or more serious ones appear

* ' F - asthma should not prevent people from performing exercises or other solicitation activities. But sports performed in dry, cold air may provoke attacks

* ' F - A management plan given by the doctor is very effectives in controlling this disease. This plan should also contain the appropriate treatment.

* ' F - Medicines for asthma don't develop addiction.

* ' F - It is impossible for a person to mime an attack of asthma