According to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistics, there are 18.9 million adults and 7.1 million children in the United States who have been diagnosed with asthma. Unfortunately, certain parts of the country are particularly hard on people who suffer from this chronic respiratory disease.
NBC Bay Area reports that a whopping one-third of the people who reside in Oakland, California — a suburb of San Francisco — have asthma. And, while many people assume that outdoor triggers such as pollen and pollution are to blame, the source notes that there are plenty of irritating contaminants to be wary of indoors, too.
"We understand that sometimes parents don't understand in-home asthma triggers. That's why we provide them the education technical assistance," healthy home specialist Araceli Tellez said in an interview with the news outlet. "Asthma is not to be taken lightly […] it can be deadly."
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reveals that secondhand smoke, dust mites, mold, cockroaches, pet dander, nitrogen dioxide and household cleaning chemicals are all common indoor asthma triggers that people should do their best to avoid coming into contact with.
If you're one of the millions of Americans who suffer from this chronic respiratory disease, take control of your health and do whatever it takes to keep your symptoms at a minimum — both indoors and outdoors.
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