This WebMD slideshow takes a look at asthma symptoms and treatment options, as well as the most common causes of asthma and what can trigger an asthma attack.
A 23-year-old male with a childhood history of mild persistent asthma presents to his primary care physician for an albuterol prescription refill earlier than expected. On further questioning, the patient reveals progressively worsening episodic shortness of breath following his evening runs as well a...
Useful as an additional test for the diagnosis of asthma. Although FeNO is not a useful single test for showing the need for the modification of drugs, it is useful for successful ICS tapering if FeNO and symptoms are assessed. ICS and tobacco smoking will decrease the levels of FeNO. Blood...
Stratifying by age, the probability of severe asthma was clearly higher in older asthmatics as compared to the young adult asthmatics "Fig 3B". The unadjusted analyses showed that older asthmatics have an odds ratio (OR) of 3.83 (95 CI: 2.95; 4.97) for severe asthma as compared to ...
This month we have W an impressive lineup of articles and departments that focus on asthma in the adult population. Adult-onset asthma is denned as asthma in adults more than or equal to 18 years of age at the time of diagnosis. However, the majority of adult-onset asthma actually ...
Adult bronchial asthma (hereinafter, asthma) is characterized by chronic airway inflammation, reversible airway narrowing, and airway hyperresponsiveness. Long-standing asthma induces airway remodeling to cause an intractable asthma. The number of patients with asthma has increased, while the number of pat...
REALISE Asia—an online questionnaire-based study of Asian asthma patients—identified five patient clusters defined in terms of their control status and attitude towards their asthma (categorised as: ‘Well-adjusted and at least partly controlled’; ‘I
pneumoniae was reported in 1991 in 19 wheezing adult asthmatic patients, of whom 9 were found to have serologic evidence of current or recent infection with this organism.6 In school-age children with wheezing, an unexpectedly high prevalence of low-grade C. pneumoniae infection in nasal as...
Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is an allergic inflammatory disorder that affects the esophagus, causing distressing symptoms such as difficulty swallowing in adolescents and adults, and vomiting and abdominal pain in children. Feb 27, 2024 0 0 Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Appeasing the wheezing:...
Monitoring is still necessary even after control is achieved, as asthma is a variable disease; treatment has to be adjusted periodically in response to loss of control as indicated by worsening symptoms or the development of an exacerbation. 17 Figure 7. Questions for Monitoring Asthma Care IS ...