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Now six years old, he seems to have grown out of his asthma - for now. "We still have a puffer [inhaler] on hand but, touch wood, he's not had an attack for 18 months," Jo says. Now her youngest - Jacob (15 months) - poses a new problem. plaid curtains sturbridgeHe has been in hospital three times in the past six months with an inflammation of the bronchioles in his lungs, called bronchiolitis. ellie pencil pleat curtains greenThis often affects young children as their small airways can become blocked more easily than those of older kids or adults. eclipse curtains prop 65Jo is unsure of what's ahead, and the difficulty here is that doctors are hesitant to diagnose asthma before the age of two. lowes curtain rod corner connector

It's a scenario played out in New Zealand more than in any other country besides the UK - we have the second highest prevalence of asthma in the world. There are approximately 600,000 asthma sufferers in NZ - that's one in four children and one in seven adults, according to nurse manager Ann Wheat at Asthma NZ. faux silk blackout thermal eyelet curtains with tiebacksThis does not take into account any other respiratory illnesses. umbra curtain rods tensionThe evidence for New Zealand's high rates of respiratory illness points to our housing stock - much of it damp and colder than recommended by the World Health Organisation. flexible curtain track motorhomeThose conditions create mould and airborne spores.

Other factors include dust and dust mites, smoke and chemicals from construction materials and household products. A 2012 report in the NZ Medical Journal found higher hospitalisation rates for Maori and Pacific children and those living in deprived neighbourhoods when it came to respiratory tract infections in children younger than two years old. They listed three causes - exposure to secondhand smoke, no source of heating, and overcrowding (living with four or more children). To tackle the problem of insulation in a total of 69,000 state properties owned or managed by Housing NZ, $76m was invested in an Energy Efficient Retrofit Programme from 2009-2013 - 48,034 state houses were insulated nationwide. The government has allocated $348m since 2009 in the Warm Up: Heat Smart scheme, insulating 235,000 homes. Funding runs out this year but a new scheme, Warm Up: Healthy Homes started in 2013 is targeting 46,000 low income households at higher risk of health issues - with a budget of $100m.

The medical costs of asthma are estimated by the Ministry of Health at $1200 per day to treat a child in hospital for asthma, while the economic burden has been conservatively estimated at $800m per year. How to maintain healthy indoor air • Ensure your house is warm and properly insulated.• Use a dehumidifi er to reduce dampness.• Invest in bedding - Asthma NZ recommends the Eco-Bed mattress protector range from Briscoes or the anti-allergic MiteGuard mattress, pillow and duvet covers range. A good option is a latex mattress, which naturally resists dust mites.• Avoid sheepskin rugs on beds as they can harbour dust mites.• Invest in a good vacuum cleaner and vacuum often - carpets as well as mattresses, pillows, curtains and rugs.• Minimise exposure to house dust mites in bedding, soft toys and carpets by regularly airing the house by opening windows and freezing soft toys for 72 hours every three weeks.• 'Damp' dust your home with a wet cloth to properly get rid of dust particles.• Recognise your triggers (whatever sets off your asthma) and minimise your exposure to them;

these can include pets, types of food and drink, stress, or even perfumes.• Don't smoke inside.• Avoid scented products. Wash clothes with unscented laundry detergent, or fabric softeners. Use unscented or non-aerosol versions of household cleaning products and avoid scented candles or room fresheners.• Use VOC (volatile organic compounds) free paints and varnishes. Look for the Sensitive Choice logo A blue butterfly now marks products and services from companies that support asthma and allergy care. More than 300 products and services are carrying the blue butterfly - from bedding to building products, cleaning agents to carpets, air purifiers and vacuum cleaners to the paint you put on your walls. • /..nz - includes a list of 15 local asthma societies throughout NZ• Ministry of Health: health.govt.nz/your-health• Housing New Zealand: hnzc.co.nz Like what you see? For weekly Element news sign up to our newsletter. We're also on Facebook and Twitter.If there’s one subject I never get tired of talking about, it’s professional wrestling.

Unfortunately, I don’t always have a lot of people to discuss it with. Yes, some of my friends are wrestling fans, but most are not as hardcore as I am. ’s online community as the resident pro wrestling blogger. Now whenever I have a thought about wrestling or something noteworthy happens in the squared circle – or behind the curtain, for that matter — I have a forum to express my views and, hopefully, exchange comments and opinions will fellow wrestling fans. For the debut of Ring Posts, I figured I should let you know what to expect from this blog and also tell you a little bit about my background as it pertains to wrestling.One thing I want to make clear is that this is a blog solely about professional wrestling. I know the trend these days is to combine coverage of pro wrestling with Mixed Martial Arts, but that will not be the case here. I am neither a fan nor a knowledgeable observer of MMA. already has a blog devoted to MMA. In Ring Posts, I will comment on the goings-on in WWE and TNA and even the local scene in Maryland.

My take on wrestling television shows, pay-per-views and the latest news will be honest and analytical. Certainly, there are things to criticize in wrestling (most of the Cryme Tyme skits come to mind), but I will not be critical just for the sake of being critical or trying to be funny, which often seems to be the case on many wrestling Web sites.With those disclaimers out of the way, I’ll move on to my personal wrestling history. I fell in love with wrestling the first time I saw it on Channel 45 as a pre-schooler in the early 1970s. Of course, at the time, I believed what I was witnessing in the rings of the World Wide Wrestling Federation was actual athletic competition, just like major league baseball or the NFL except with larger-than-life characters.I attended my first live wrestling event on Dec. 26, 1973, at the Baltimore Civic Center. The main event pitted Andre The Giant against Stan “The Man” Stasiak. I think because he had the coolest sideburns this side of Elvis Presley, Stasiak was my favorite wrestler, even though he was a heel — or a bad guy, as we called them then.

In fact, most of my favorite wrestlers throughout my childhood were heels — the Valiant Brothers, Superstar Billy Graham, Larry Zbyszko, Greg Valentine, Magnificent Muraco, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, etc.After seeing my first live show, I was hooked for life. The WWWF made monthly stops in Baltimore at that time, and I was there month after month, year after year. Over the next 34 years, I have rarely missed a wrestling event at the Baltimore Civic Center/Baltimore Arena/1st Mariner Arena (yes, was at the Smackdown/ECW show on Tuesday. I will post my comments on the show shortly).It didn’t take me long — I think I was 8 or 9 – to figure out wrestling was a work, but it didn’t matter. I have always appreciated wrestling for being a unique brand of entertainment — part athletic event, part soap opera. I appreciated the showmanship and the drama – even if it was “scripted.”While other kids were reading Dr. Seuss books, I was reading Inside Wrestling and The Wrestler. Through those magazines, I learned that there was more wrestling — a lot more — than just the WWWF.

There were territories all over the country, and I became familiar with guys like Nick Bockwinkel, Ric Flair and Wahoo McDaniel, even though I would not see them wrestle on television until years later. That knowledge separated me from a lot of my friends, who were casual wrestling fans and not as obsessed as I was (am).As I got older, I became more and more “smart” to how the business worked. In the 1990s, I began subscribing to Dave Meltzer’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the bible for insider fans.Eventually, my decision to pursue journalism as a career and my passion for pro wrestling resulted in me becoming The Sun’s unofficial pro wrestling writer – mainly because no one else cared to write about it. After writing numerous stories on high school and college sports (among other things) for The Sun, I wrote my first pro wrestling story for the paper – a feature on “Macho Man” Randy Savage, centering on his background in minor-league baseball in 1994.I have been writing semi-regularly on wrestling for The Sun ever since, and have interviewed nearly every major figure in the business — including Vince McMahon