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respiratory
Sweatand tearsreduce
exercise-induced asthma
By Nancee Reeves
ccordingtostatisticsfrom
theInternational OlympicA
Committee, one- to two-
thirds of athletes participatinginthe
last 20 years of OlympicGames have
claimedtohaveasthma. This is ahigh
rate,eventakingintoaccount that in
developed countries, 3percent to 6
percentofthe population suffers
from asthma.
Recent researchmay shed lighton
thecausesofexercise-inducedasthma,
or EIA, couldleadtopossiblesolutions.
“Asthmaaffects millionsof
people in this country, andtrained
athletes arejustassusceptible
to asthma as thegeneral public,
perhapsevenmoreso,”said
RobinCostley, asthma educator forthe
Marion County Health Department
andcoalition managerfor the
Asthma Alliance of Indianapolis.
“Onany givensportsorOlympic team,
there areanumberofathleteswho have
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