Asthma
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Constricting of the bronchioles in the lungs is the main result of asthma.
Patient suffering from asthma depend on inhalers for 'rescue' and nebulizer
treatments daily to prevent severe attacks from occurring. Exercise induced
asthma often affects children in the mid teens and is usually treated
with albuterol 30 minutes before exercise to prevent asthma. Coughing,
congestion and other symptoms can led to asthma attacks and therefore
common colds and ear infections should be attended to quickly in asthmatic
patients.
New medications to treat asthma significantly decreases the side effect
of hyperactivity and rapid heart rate that albuterol caused, this medication
is Xopenex. It is similar to albuterol in its' effect on the asthma attack
however without the increase in heart rate. Combivent uses two medications,
albuterol and Atrovent to bring patients out of an acute asthma attack.
Asthma in children is a serious condition. Treatment with daily nebulizer
medications should be maintained until a physician determines the child
is not a risk. Caregivers often stop preventative asthma medications without
consulting a physician and the results can be a sudden episode that requires
a trip to the emergency room to be controlled.
In summary asthma can effect children as young a 2 and adults as old
as 99 it has not preference to race, sex or age. Treatments are available
through a physician and should be followed exactly as planned. Preventative
treatments, allergy shots, immunizations and a smoke free environment
are key to reducing asthma attacks. Children especially should be kept
up on all immunizations since the steroid treatments for asthma make them
susceptible to viruses that in a normal child would pass quickly. However
in an asthmatic patient the steroids to treat asthma cause the body not
to be able to fight the infections and they often become severe.
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