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Girl Recovering from Critical Asthma Attack Launches Foundation to Raise Awareness
Source: Miami Herald
When Ashley Marie Hierrezuelo, 12, left her dance practice three months ago, she didn’t feel well and asked to go to the hospital. Her parents figured it was another asthma attack that could be easily dealt with. But upon their arrival at the hospital, Ashley was given multiple treatments that didn’t help and resulted in her lungs continuing to fail.
“She just had asthma. That’s not supposed to shut down her lungs,” said Ashley’s father, Abdel Hierrezuelo, 40.
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Chances are, you or someone you know has asthma. You may have even seen firsthand someone gasping for air while suffering an asthma attack.
“The number of people with asthma continues to grow. One in 12 people (about 25 million, or 8% of the U.S. population) had asthma in 2009, compared with 1 in 14 (about 20 million, or 7%) in 2001,” The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology stated, citing the World Health Organization.