Medical Guides

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Lung damage from smoking or extensive exposure to inhaled environmental pollutants causes diseases like bronchitis, emphysema, or COPD in the elderly. However, asthma is also a common cause of respiratory symptoms in this age group.
Like asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), also responds to anti-inflammatorv drugs. Thus sometimes it becomes …

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Investigations
Complete blood counts.
Especially for eosinophil counts. Marginally high eosinophil count suggests an allergic element. Moderately high eosinophil count (>20 per cent) suggest tropical pulmonary eosinophilia, which have symptoms similar to asthma.
Lung function tests.
Asthma can often be diagnosed on the basis of symptoms. However, measurements of lung function, particularly the reversibility …

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Asthma is a condition characterized by recurrent attacks of dyspnea (difficulty breathing) because of narrowing of the airways. It is characterized by sneezing due to the constriction of the bronchi. It is a condition that affects nearly ten million people in the United States (2/3 adults). This condition is also …

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Drugs used in the management of asthma
Asthma medicines can be classified into two groups:
Relievers or Quick-Relief Medicines or Rescue Medicines
These are fast-acting bronchodilators that relieve bronchoconstriction and it’s accompanying acute symptoms. Salbutamol, Terbutaline, Ipratropium Bromide, Aminophylline infusions, Deriphylline injections, Adrenaline injections are reliever medicines.

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Inhalation Therapy

The major advantage of delivering drugs directly into the airways via inhalation is that high concentrations can be delivered more effectively to the airways and side effects are avoided or minimised. Some of the drugs that are effective in asthma can only be used via inhalation because they are …

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Strong Odors and Sprays

•    Do not stay in the house when it is being painted.
•    Avoid perfume and cosmetics such as talcum powder and hair spray.
•    Use ‘roll on’ rather than ’spray on’ deodorants.
•    Use non-perfumed household cleaning products whenever possible.
•    Reduce strong cooking odors (especially frying) by proper ventilation.