Chronic Asthma

Chronic Asthma

Clinical Presentation
1. Cough
2. wheezing
3. bronchospasm
4. hypxoemia
5. anxiety
6. Chronic Shortness of Breath
7. History of GERD
Managment
1. Spirometer Use
2. Daily Corticosteriods
3. Maintenance Inhalers
  1. Advair
  2. Dulers
  3. Flovent
4. Identify Triggers
  1. Pollen
  2. pet danders
  3. Air polluntants
5. Lifestyle changes
  1. weight control
  2. Avoid outdoors when pollen count is high
6. Patient education
  1. How to use inhalers
  2. How to identify acute asthma excerbaton
  3. Importance o managing asthmaf
Pahophysiology
1. Inflammatory mediator respnse
  1. Vasodilation
    1. Secretion and Mucous Formation
    2. Thickening of airways
    3. Bronchospams
    4. hyper-secretion of mast cells
    5. hypertrophy of smooth muscle
2. Increased penetriability of vasculature
  1. Neutorphil
  2. Lymphocyet
  3. Eosinophils
3. IgE Production
4. interlukins
Diagnostic tools
1. Detailed medical and family history
2. Regular peak flow tests/self testing
3. Chest x-ray/compare with previous/look for changes

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