On Might 24, 2024, of Nationwide Bronchial asthma and Allergy Consciousness Month, the Bronchial asthma and Allergy Basis of America (AAFA) and Children with Meals Allergic reactions (KFA), our meals allergy division, are holding a Remembrance Day in honor of relations and family members who’ve died from bronchial asthma or anaphylaxis. We additionally take time to recollect others who’ve needlessly been misplaced to preventable deaths.
A number of hundred die annually due to extreme allergic reactions, known as anaphylaxis [anna-fih-LACK-sis].1 On common, greater than 3,500 folks within the U.S. die from bronchial asthma annually.2 Most of those deaths had been preventable. We imagine one life misplaced to bronchial asthma or anaphylaxis is one too many.
On today, we replicate on our mission to avoid wasting lives and scale back the burden of those illnesses on people, households, and caregivers.
We dedicate Might 24 as a time to rejoice and honor lives misplaced and to proceed to make a distinction in reminiscence of the individuals who reside in our hearts eternally.
Methods You Can Honor Individuals Misplaced to Anaphylaxis and Bronchial asthma
At AAFA and KFA, we’re blowing bubbles to recollect lives misplaced. We encourage you to affix us. Listed below are some methods you possibly can present your respects:
- Blow bubbles in memoriam: Share a photograph on social media blowing bubbles or of a liked one utilizing one of many hashtags #AsthmaAwareness, #AllergyAwareness, or #FoodAllergyAwareness and tag AAFA or KFA.
- Write a poem, draw an image, take {a photograph} of one thing your beloved would discover lovely, or sing a music. Put up to social media utilizing one of many hashtags #AsthmaAwareness, #AllergyAwareness, or #FoodAllergyAwareness and tag AAFA or KFA.
- Share a reminiscence of a liked one within the feedback beneath, or be a part of our KFA or AAFA communities and share your reminiscences on our boards.
- Ship a card within the mail, make a telephone name, or drop a textual content to associates or household to share assist and fond reminiscences.
- Make a donation to assist KFA’s work in reminiscence of a liked one.
What AAFA and KFA Are Doing to Scale back Anaphylaxis and Bronchial asthma Deaths
AAFA and KFA work to meet our mission by way of a number of applications and initiatives. Your assist makes these applications attainable. Listed below are among the methods we’re working to cut back deaths from bronchial asthma and anaphylaxis:
- Advocacy – Assist for public insurance policies that may profit folks with bronchial asthma and allergy symptoms
- Group Well being Interventions to Advance Self-Administration of Bronchial asthma (CHI-ASMA) – A program backed by a grant from the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC) to assist folks with bronchial asthma enhance bronchial asthma management
- Instructional applications and sources – Proof-based applications on bronchial asthma and meals allergy symptoms for sufferers, caregivers, and well being care professionals, together with on-line programs, downloadable handouts, webinars, and persevering with medical training (CME) applications
- Well being Fairness Development and Management (HEAL) program – Addresses well being disparities in communities that bear the heaviest burden of bronchial asthma
- Nationwide Institutes of Well being (NIH) partnership – Promotes scientific analysis that goals to raised perceive bronchial asthma, meals allergy symptoms, and associated circumstances like eczema, and discover methods to raised diagnose and deal with folks with these allergic circumstances
- Analysis and stories – patient-centered analysis that goals to reinforce the understanding of bronchial asthma and allergic illnesses and their influence
- On-line communities for sufferers and caregivers – Boards the place you possibly can join with different individuals who handle bronchial asthma, allergy symptoms, allergic pores and skin circumstances, and meals allergy symptoms for data and ethical assist
- Black Ladies’s Bronchial asthma Alliance – an internet assist and academic group for Black ladies who reside with bronchial asthma or are caregivers to folks with bronchial asthma
In Reminiscence Of
- Scotty, 20 (2022)
- Miles Sebastian Bengco, 11 (2013)
- Jason Berube, 51 (2024)
- Reverend Marvin Bradley
- John Cincotta, 75 (2023)
- Giovanni Cipriano, 14 (2013)
- Keisha Clay, 34 (2019)
- Jessica Jan Cochran, 29 (2023)
- Oakley Debbs, 11 (2016)
- Miranda DeOnofrio, 20 (2017)
- Alessandra Del Principe, 26 (2021)
- Austin Dodds, 16 (2016)
- Vincent Ferrara (2020)
- Robert Gardner (2021)
- Donald Hargest, 76 (2024)
- Logan Jackson, 4 (2018)
- Justin Kendrick, 23 (2022)
- Laura Levis, 34 (2016)
- Ahmad Malik, 56
- Delaney Ray McLaughlin, 16 (2023)
- Aja Giovanni McLeod, 22 (2019)
- Sarenytie Minor, 10 (2013)
- Patrick Neary, 33 (2023)
- Saffron Pamela Nelson, 4 (2023)
- Nicola Parrotta, 70 (2021)
- Tiffany Phu, 13 (2014)
- Gary Pucket, 44 (2023)
- Joyce Richardson, 62 (2024)
- Ann Rinaldi, 62 (2023)
- Andrea Might Sheets, 6 (2023)
- Joseph “Joey” Shepherd, 34 (2021)
- Elijah Silvera, 3 (2017)
- EJ Simbol (2023)
- Marisa Smock, 19 (2015)
- Michael “Mikey” Thomas (2021)
- Jaydra Tippetts, 23 (2023)
- Ricky Tran, 43 (2020)
- Amber Tringale, 48 (2018)
- Jordan Vison, 30 (2020)
- Emily Vonder Meulen, 16 (2006)
- Kenneth Wardwell, 74 (2023)
That is only a small variety of folks we’re honoring right now who’ve misplaced their lives to anaphylaxis and bronchial asthma. Have you ever misplaced a liked one to anaphylaxis or bronchial asthma? Honor them within the feedback beneath.
References
1. Jerschow, E., Lin, R. Y., Scaperotti, M. M., & McGinn, A. P. (2014). Deadly anaphylaxis in the USA 1999-2010: temporal patterns and demographic associations. The Journal of Allergy and Scientific Immunology, 134(6), 1318-1328.e7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci.2014.08.018
2. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention. (2023). Most Current Nationwide Bronchial asthma Information, Mortality. U.S. Division of Well being and Human Providers. https://www.cdc.gov/bronchial asthma/mos…onal_asthma_data.htm
