Asthma
Symptoms: coughing (especially at night), wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, pain, or pressure, troubles sleeping,feeling tired, easily upset, grouchy, or moody
Treatments: sterioids and other anti- inflammatory drugs, inhalers
Diagnosis:
Treatments: sterioids and other anti- inflammatory drugs, inhalers
Diagnosis:
history:
30,000 BC: treatment contained various herbs and plants
pre- 5,000 BC: treatment included herbal remedies to drink and inhale
800 BC: the term asthma was first used by Homer in The Iliad
12th century: Moses Maimondes recommended that people who suffer from asthma change their climates right to lower their stress levels
1660: Konrad Schneider identified dust and other irritants as causes of the disease
1835: Laennec invented the stethoscope and doctors could actually hear and identi_fy wheezing
1850: Gerhardt discovers that asthma can be triggered by chemical odors
1864: Dr. H slater identifies animal dander as an asthma trigger
1900: it is generally accepted that asthma and hay fever are related disorders
30,000 BC: treatment contained various herbs and plants
pre- 5,000 BC: treatment included herbal remedies to drink and inhale
800 BC: the term asthma was first used by Homer in The Iliad
12th century: Moses Maimondes recommended that people who suffer from asthma change their climates right to lower their stress levels
1660: Konrad Schneider identified dust and other irritants as causes of the disease
1835: Laennec invented the stethoscope and doctors could actually hear and identi_fy wheezing
1850: Gerhardt discovers that asthma can be triggered by chemical odors
1864: Dr. H slater identifies animal dander as an asthma trigger
1900: it is generally accepted that asthma and hay fever are related disorders
Case Study:
A 38-year-old woman initially goes to the doctor for possible immunodeficiency disease. The woman had symptoms of shortness of breath, coughing, and a tight chest. She explains to her doctor that she frequently gets infections such as bronchitis, sinusitis, and strep.The doctor diagnoses the woman with asthma and prescribes aggressive oral steroids.
A 38-year-old woman initially goes to the doctor for possible immunodeficiency disease. The woman had symptoms of shortness of breath, coughing, and a tight chest. She explains to her doctor that she frequently gets infections such as bronchitis, sinusitis, and strep.The doctor diagnoses the woman with asthma and prescribes aggressive oral steroids.