Yu no aw di pwɛl pwɛl we di briz de pwɛl kin afɛkt pikin dɛn we gɛt asma? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis!

If yu pikin gɛt asma, sɔntɛm yu dɔn no se sɔm tin dɛn kin mek i gɛt am. I kin bi kol weta, animal dɛn we dɛn kin mɛn, ɔ smok. Bɔt yu no se di bad kwaliti fɔ di briz kin bi wan men tin bak we kin mek yu pikin gɛt asma? So i impɔtant fɔ no aw fɔ kia fɔ yusɛf insay tɛm lɛk dis.

Aw dɛn bad tin ya we de na di briz kin afɛkt asma?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, we dɛn bad tin ya we de na di ays, i.e. tin dɛn lɛk dɔst ɛn smok, go insay wi pikin dɛn aywe , dɛn kin akt jɔs lɛk ɔda tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt asma. Dɛn kin mek di say dɛn we di briz de blo kin fil fayn, dɛn kin swel, ɛn dɛn kin kɔnstrikt. Dis na we di pikin nɔ kin ebul fɔ blo ɛn i kin fil lɛk se dɛn chɛst dɔn kɔnstrikt.

Tink bɔt am dis we. Wi aywe dɛn tan lɛk smɔl smɔl tiub dɛn. Wetin kin apin we dɔti ɛn dɔst go insay dɛn tiub ya? Di tyub dɛn kin klos ɛn di briz kin ridyus, nɔto so? Na dat kin apin to di aywe dɛm fɔ pikin we gɛt asma bikɔs ɔf di pwɛl pwɛl we di briz de pwɛl.

Nɔto dat nɔmɔ, bikɔs ɔf di bad tin dɛn we de na dis briz, pikin dɛn kin gɛt ɔpa respiratɔri infɛkshɔn dɛn bak lɛk flu ɛn kol. Yu no, we yu gɛt sik lɛk dis, yu asma kɔndishɔn kin wɔs. Sɔm pikin dɛn kin gɛt alɛji fɔ tin dɛn lɛk pɔlin we de na di briz (Allergens). Fɔ dɛn kayn pipul ya, we di briz dɔti, dɛn lɔng dɛn kin fil mɔ bɔt dɛn alɛrjens dɛn de.

Wetin na dɛn dɔti tin ya we kin mek i nɔ izi fɔ blo?

Lɛ wi si wetin na di men tin dɛn we de na di ays we de mɔna wi pikin dɛn fɔ blo.

Lɛ wi lan di rayt tin bɔt di ɔzoyn gas.

Yu dɔn yɛri bɔt di ɔzoyn layt? I ay pas di wɔl, we de protɛkt wi frɔm bad bad rayt frɔm di san. Bɔt ɔda kayn ozon de, we na grɔn-lɛvel ozon, na di briz we wi de blo. Dis wan nɔ so gud fɔ wi lɔng.

Ozon we de na grɔn kin mek we di kemikal dɛn we de kɔmɔt na motoka, big faktri, ɛn pawa plant dɛn jɔyn wit di san layt. Yu go dɔn notis se sɔm dez, mɔ na di siti dɛn, wan yɔlɔ-brawn haz kin de na di skay (Smog). Dis na di men tin we de mek dis apin. Dɛn kɔl dis ɔzɔn pɔyushɔn. Dis kin apin mɔ pan di de dɛn we di ples kin wam, ɔ na say dɛn we di kɔntri kin wam.

Ifɛkt dɛn we Patikul Pɔyushɔn Gɛt

Wan ɔda tin we denja na di smɔl smɔl tin dɛn we de flɔt na di ays (Particle Pollution). Dɛn tin ya na rili smɔl smɔl tin dɛn lɛk dɔst, dɔti, smok, ɛn sɔt. Sɔntɛnde, dɛn patikyula tin ya kin gɛda bak na di ays bikɔs ɔf faya we kin bɔn na di wildanɛs.

Dɛn patikyula tin ya so smɔl dat dɛn kin travul dip dip wan insay wi lɔng wit wi briz.Bikɔs di patikyula tin dɛn rili smɔl, dɛn kin go dip dip wan insay di lɔng dɛn ɛn mek i nɔ izi fɔ blo. Lɛk smɔl chukchuk, dɛn kin pwɛl di say we pɔsin de blo .

Ɔda Gas dɛn we de pwɛl di wɔl

Apat frɔm dat, we dɛn bɔn difrɛn kayn fiul (fɔ ɛgzampul, na motoka injin, faktri), dɛn kin ad ɔda bad bad gas dɛn na di briz. Pan dɛn wan ya, `(Kabon Monɔksayd)`, `(Naytrɔjen Dayɔksayd)` ɛn `(Sɔlfɔ Dayɔksayd)` na di men wan dɛn. We dɛn gas ya bɔku, i kin afɛkt di we aw wi lɔng dɛn de wok dairekt wan.

Wetin a go du fɔ sev mi pikin frɔm dis?

Naw yu go de tink se, ‘O, so aw a go protɛkt mi pikin frɔm dɛn tin ya?’ Nɔ wɔri. Bɔku tin dɛn de we wi kin du.

Ɔltɛm yu fɔ no bɔt di Air Quality Index (AQI) .

If yu de na say we di briz nɔ fayn, lɛk dɔst ɛn smog, na fɔ no di lɛvɛl we di briz de pwɛl. Yu kin fɛn dis infɔmeshɔn na di wɛda ripɔt dɛn we dɛn kin gi ɛvride (onlayn, na nyuspepa). Yu kin gɛt infɔmeshɔn bak bɔt dis bay we yu go na di wɛbsayt fɔ di Envayrɔmɛnt Protɛkshɔn Ajɛns (EPA) na Amɛrika, ``www.airnow.gov`` (na Sri Lanka, institiushɔn dɛn lɛk di Nashɔnal Bildin Risach Ɔganayzeshɔn (NBRO) sɛf kin rilis data bak sɔm tɛm bɔt di kwaliti fɔ di briz, we yu kin chɛk bak).

Dɛn kin mɛzhɔ dis bay di EPA in Air Quality Index (AQI):

• Ozon we de na grɔn
• Dɛn smɔl smɔl tin dɛn de (Particle pollution) .
• Kabon monoksayd
• Sɔlfɔ dayɔgzayd
• Ɔmɔs naytrɔjen dayɔgzayd de na di ays?

Dis AQI valyu kin chenj wan wan tɛm, frɔm wan de to de, ɛn ivin frɔm mɔnin to ivintɛm. Insay big siti dɛm, dis AQI valyu na mandatory fɔ mek di pipul dɛn no ɛvride. Bɔt ivin na rili smɔl say dɛn, we dɛn de fɔ no dis infɔmeshɔn. Dis AQI gɛt wan sistem we gɛt kɔlɔ fɔ sho if di kwaliti fɔ di briz denja:

• If i grin ɔ yɔlɔ , di tin fayn, we min se big prɔblɛm nɔ de.
• If na ɔrɛnj, rɛd, pepul, ɔ marun , dat min se pipul dɛn we gɛt asma fɔ stɔp fɔ de na do as dɛn ebul.

Bɔku ples dɛn kin gi di nɛks de AQI valyu bak bifo tɛm, so yu kin plan yu de akɔdin to dat. Imajin, dis mɔnin yu bin de rid nyuspepa ɛn si se di AQI rɛd. Dat min se di briz tide nɔ fayn fɔ pipul dɛn we gɛt asma. Dɔn, bifo yu kɛr yu pikin go na di ples usay dɛn de ple na aftanun, yu kin ple smɔl gem na os ɔ du ɔda tin dɛn insay os.

Sɔm ɔda impɔtant advays dɛn

Tray dɛn tin ya pan de dɛn we di briz nɔ fayn:

• If i pɔsibul, .Kip di ay kɔndishɔn na os ɛn stɔp yu pikin fɔ du tin dɛn na do.
• If yu gɛt fɔ du sɔntin na do, plan fɔ du am na mɔnin. Bɔku tɛm, di kwaliti fɔ di briz kin bɛtɛ smɔl na mɔnin. Dɔn bak, nɔ spɛn bɔku tɛm na say dɛn we bɔku pipul dɛn kin pas.
• If yu gɛt fɔ de na di motoka fɔ lɔng tɛm, lɔk di winda dɛn ɛn di say dɛn we di briz kin kɔmɔt ɛn opin di ay kɔndishɔn insted.
• If yu pikin de ple spɔt we nid fɔ praktis na do we di ples wam, tɔk to di kɔch fɔ si if dɛn go ebul fɔ praktis na jim we gɛt ay kɔndishɔn insay os.
• I rili impɔtant fɔ mek shɔ se yu pikin gɛt mɛrɛsin we de ɛp am kwik kwik wan (rescue inhaler) wit dɛn ɔltɛm. Dis kin bi inhala fɔ yuz we ɛnitin apin.
• I fayn bak fɔ mek di briz we de insay yu os bɛtɛ. Yu kin yuz ɛya klin fɔ du dis. Dɔn bak, put briz na yu os fɔ pul di smok we de kɔmɔt na di gas aplayans dɛn. Ridyus di yus fɔ wud ɛn faya we de bɔn wud insay os as yu ebul.
• Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt if yu nid fɔ chenj yu pikin in mɛrɛsin pan de dɛn we di briz kin pwɛl. Mɛmba se, sɔm dez de we bɔku dɔst kin de na di ays. Na de dɛn lɛk dis, tɔk to yu dɔktɔ ɛn sɔntɛm yu kin ad ɔ chenj di mɛrɛsin we yu pikin de tek. Dɛn chenj ya kin de as pat pan yu pikin in asma akshɔn plan.

Fɔ dɔn, mɛmba dis...

Yu go dɔn ɔndastand naw se we yu gɛt pikin we gɛt asma, yu nid fɔ rili wɔri bak bɔt di pwɛl pwɛl we di briz de pwɛl.

Mɛmba se nɔto yu wangren de. Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ no bɔt dis ɛn tek di step dɛn we yu nid.

• Ɔltɛm pe atɛnshɔn to di kwaliti fɔ di briz (AQI), mɔ di de dɛn we dɔst ɛn smog bɔku.
• Di de dɛn we di briz dɔn dɔti, tray fɔ mek yu pikin nɔ go na os as yu ebul. Tray fɔ kip di briz klin ivin we yu de insay os.
• Mek shɔ se yu pikin gɛt kwik-rɛlif/rɛskɔ mɛrɛsin wit dɛn ɔltɛm if ɛnitin apin.
• Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt dis ɛn mek ɛni chenj we nid fɔ apin to yu pikin in asma akshɔn plan.

If yu tek kia ɔf dɛn tin ya, yu go ebul fɔ ridyus di bad bad tin dɛn we di briz de du to yu pikin. I go rili ɛp yu pikin fɔ gɛt wɛlbɔdi!

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