Anti Allergy Services In Seattle, Cleaning Companies
October 28, 2009 by
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Cleaning for health is something that NW Green Clean has coined their outlook on the future of the Anti-Allergy service arena. Chemical sensativities, allergies to dust mites, asthma…. sound familiar?
It has been well accepted by the medical community
and government organizations such as the U.S. EPA
and the Centers for Disease Control that allergic
illnesses in America are reaching epidemic proportions.
These allergic illnesses include allergic rhinitis
(nasal allergies), asthma, allergic conjunctivitis and otitis
media (middle ear infection). The symptoms of these
illnesses can drastically impact the lives of those who
suffer with them. Consider these alarming statistics:
• Well over 50 million North Americans suffer
from allergies
• Allergies are the sixth leading cause of chronic
disease in the United States
• Allergies are the most frequently reported
chronic illness in children
• Up to 40% of North American children suffer
from allergies
• 20 million Americans suffer from asthma,
including 6.3 million children
• There are two million Emergency Room visits,
500,000 hospitalizations (half of which are
children) and 5,000 deaths (including hundreds
of children) due to asthma each year
• Asthma is the most common chronic childhood
disease. Nearly 1 in 13 school-aged children has
asthma, and the rate is rising more rapidly in
preschool-aged children than in any other age group
• Approximately 4.2 million children had an
asthma attack in the last year
• Asthma is growing at a rampant pace, increasing
from 7 million sufferers in 1980 to 20 million
in 2001
• Allergies are estimated to cost our economy
$18 billion annually with asthma costs estimated
at $14.5 billion in 2000
• Approximately 14 million school days and an
equivalent number of workdays are lost due to
allergies and asthma
• Asthma causes over 11 million doctor’s office
visits each year
• Asthma is the leading cause of school absenteeism
due to chronic illness and during the past 20 years,
the number of school absences due to asthma has
more than doubled
