A Black Perspective You & Your Health I Asthma Asthma is another se rious problem in our com munity that we need to take a look at. We have already discussed some of the other respiratory or breathing problems, or illnesses re lated to breathing pro blems. Some of these were bronchitis, tuberculosis and the common cold. Now let’s look at one of the more serious problems which is asthma. Asthma ranks as (approximately) number seven in the leading causes of deaths among Blacks in our country. So we can see how asthma is a problem that needs some attention. Asmma is a disease oi the lungs or portions of the lungs. Attacks of this dis ease vary greatly in fre quency, length that they last and how severe the attack is for the person. The attacks may range from periods of wheezing, and shortness of breath, to severe attacks almost like suffocation. An attack may last for days or even weeks. There are believed to be several causes for asthma r ' i Brenda Kennedy BSN j some of these include al lergy and a hypersensiti vity to bacterial infections. It is also believed that nervous tension and emo tional problems often prove to be a chief cause for some attacks of asthma. If you have difficulty with breathing problems, contact a physician for examination and proper test, asthma may or may not be the nature of your problem. If it is discovered that you have the disease, treatment begins with at tempts to determine what the allergy is that you have. Drugs or medicat ions are given to relieve the symptoms of asthma Sometimes when attacks are extremely severe, per sons are placed in a hospi tal for immediate relief of symptoms and to place the person under proper medi cal or drug management. Trying to relieve dust pol len and other allergy caus ing substances from the environment also becomes very important. Also the relief of anxiety or nervous tension will help to relieve the symptoms. 1 I n muucni uance worK shop will be offered at Spirit Square over the Christmas Holidays on De cember 27, 28 and 29. Two levels will be taught: an advanced level for those dancers with at least two years of intensive dance training and an elementary level for those dancers with a more limited back ground. The times will be 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. for the advanced class and 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. for the elemen tary class. The instructor, Martha Armstrong Gray, teaches in Boston, Mass, as well as choreographs and per forms with "The Dance Collective”, also based in Boston, r Conomti ilntinnc BEATTIES FORD ongroTulOTions memorial gardens interior Decoration - Carpeting - draperies Furniture - Appliances - TV's - Stereos & Component Sets - Sewing Machines - Cookware China & Crystal - Real Estate - Home Design Construction - Repairs & Improvements Pianos & Organs J-juxkz.jo\d a m» nth a i dnhthi «-i i,,n I "MNUHi HI III || UINI.S A .\l' \HTMI NT ItlNNTMl •*|'|nN RESIDENTIAL - COMMERCIAL - INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Irahrfnrh firaltg (Cn. University Park Shopping Center Charlotte. N. C. 2G216 MANAGEMENT - SALES - APPRAISALS HOME REPAIRS & IMPROVEMENTS HOME DESIGN fi. CONST. - INTERIOR DECORATION BUSINESS EQUIPMENT fi, BROKERAGE Foster T. Drakeford 392-B361 Spirit Square To Offer Modem Dance Workshop $9". $10" - $12" - $13" Variety Of Fashion Tops Values From ‘*20°° - J29°° AAany Dress Styles *9" Up I OBA'S CORNER North Pork Moll Eastway at. N. Try on Located Near Kroger Sav-on Mon-Sat. 10-9 Sun. 1-6 EACH YEAR, Ewan Macdonald gathers his clan, pours his Scotch, and proposes his toast: “Grant us brotherhood!’ I The gift of Dewar’s! M One of the good things I in life that never varies. BLENDED SCOTCH WHISKY • 86 8 PROOF • C SCHENLEY IMPORTS CO NY NY ‘ *■ Ii il GIFT WRAPPED AT NO EXTRA COST