Asthma symptoms can be intermittent (comes and goes) or persistent. For people with persistent asthma, symptoms can be mild, moderate, or severe. The severity of a person’s asthma determines which treatment pla
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It’s important to note, that while air-trapping is abnormal, there is always a small amount of air that remains in the lungs after you exhale completely… even if have totally healthy lungs. This is known asresidualvolume. Without this residual air, your lungs would collapse into themselves...
People with obstructive pulmonary disease have shortness of breath due to difficulty exhaling all the air from the lungs. This is due to damage to the lungs or narrowing of the airways inside the lungs. In this disease, after a full exhalation, abnormally high amounts of air still linger...
It is not clear if air pollution causes COPD. However, if it does, the effect is small when compared to cigarette smoking. The use of solid fuels for cooking and heating may cause high levels of indoor air pollution, which may then lead to the development of COPD, especially in underdevel...
The exclusivity of the drug allows pharmaceutical companies to recoup losses from failed drugs. Profit margins may seem impressive for a single brand-name drug, but it is much less impressive given that it subsidizes the cost of research and failed drugs. Once exclusivity ends, generic drug comp...
The Pulmicort Flexhaler (budesonide) is a well-known example of an inhaled steroid. Combination Inhalers Some inhalers combine bronchodilators and steroids. Common examples include the Advair Diskus (fluticasone-salmeterol), Breztri Aerosphere (budesonide, glycopyrrolate, and formoterol fumarate) Trelegy ...
The Pulmicort Flexhaler (budesonide) is a well-known example of an inhaled steroid. Combination Inhalers Some inhalers combine bronchodilators and steroids. Common examples include the Advair Diskus (fluticasone-salmeterol), Breztri Aerosphere (budesonide, glycopyrrolate, and formoterol fumarate) Trelegy ...