With the development of technology, human started to interfere with nature more and more. Such interference resulted in pollution that represents a serious threat to people’s health. A lot of new inventions appear every day and pollute air and water. This pollution results in different diseases which appear and grow progressively worse. This paper will discuss the effect it has on our children and provide the advices for a nurse how to reduce the impact of pollution (Sunyer, 2001). Air Pollution Introduction Air pollution is one of the most important problems of our time that needs urgent resolution.
According to World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution can be considered as a reason of death of more than 2 million people every year, around 1. 5 million of these cases is connected with indoor air pollution (Sunyer, 2001). Children are more vulnerable to air pollution, so serious measures should be taken in order to reduce the impact (Zoidis, 1999). Outdoor pollution A lot of diseases like asthma, pneumonia and different allergies grow progressively worse because of traffic pollution that represents the main source of outdoor pollution.
It is determined that children suffer more than adults due to the fact that they breathe more rapidly. Also they often breathe though mouth, not through nose, especially when they catch cold or are doing exercises. Breathing through nose filter air, while breathing through mouth let the most harmful pollutants penetrate the organism. For the developing children’s organism such breathing is very dangerous because it damages their developing lungs (Zoidis, 1999). Indoor pollution
Indoor pollution is very dangerous for little children, because they spend much time at home. Smoking represents the main source of indoor pollution. Second-hand smoking easily damages children’s lungs, ears and even can be a cause of cancer (Davis, 2002). Conclusion and Recommendation: In order to protect the children the following measures can be taken by the nurse: – No smoking in the room where children are playing! – Control the air quality index and do not let children play outdoors when it is 100
– When the weather is smoggy, it is better for children to play outdoors in the early morning – Do not let children play near the traffic road
Works cited
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