However, the data indicate that school staff may be more inclined to take action based on their own perceptions of a child's asthma or respond to children's subjective reports of asthma symptoms rather than using a more objective measure of disease activity provided by a peak flow meter.Roni...
Typically, peak flow readings are categorized into three areas of measurement: green, yellow and red. A green categorization indicates that asthma symptoms are under control, and the yellow and red categories indicate varying levels of distress. In partnership with a healthcare team, a patient's ...
Based on peak expiratory flow rates, doctors are better able to prescribe the proper amount of medication to alleviate respiratory problems. When used in self-management, these readings can assist a patient in deciding whether to increase or decrease medication. For example, an asthma sufferer with...
Peak flow meters measure the amount of air patients can expel from their lungs in one vigorous exhale. Since lung diseases sometimes progress gradually, it’s important that patients with conditions such as asthma, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis understand how their lung capacity changes over time...
AsthmaHypersensitivityDustPeak Expiratory Flow RateAllergensEnvironmental ExposureInsect ControlRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTo determine whether patients with asthma who are sensitive to mites benefit from measures designed to reduce their exposure to house dust mite antigen in the home.Meta-analysis ...
Irritant exposure Irritation of the rapidly adapting irritant receptors, located mainly on the posterior wall and the carina of the trachea, and pharynx Chronic conditions such as asthma Due to Airway vagal hypertonia Vitamin B12 deficiency Damages the myelin sheath and axonal degenerationNEUROLOGICAL...
This flow carries message all over the body and when triggered, the healing process starts. One certified reflexologist claims that there are different pathways which help with healing of various ailments. Some of the diseases that can benefit from this therapy include asthma, insomnia, joint ...
Placental hypoxia is an important factor in the aetiology of pregnancy complications like intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and preeclampsia [8] and can also arise in women with asthma, anaemia or those who smoke [[9], [10], [11]]. Moreover, it occurs in pregnancies at high altitude,...
no single modality should be used as the indicator of general interoceptive ability. Moreover, affective evaluation plays a substantial role in the perception for many modalities, such as pain, itch, affective touch, and indicates the salience of the information better than the sensory-discriminative...
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