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15. Which of the following best describes asthma? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔Intermittent airway inflammation with occasional bronchospasm
a disease of bronchospasm that leads to airway inflammation
relatively fixed airway constriction
***chronic airway inflammation with superimposed bronchospasm
The cornerstone of moderate persistent asthma drug therapy is the use of -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔inhaled corticosteroids
Luke has mild persistent asthma. Appropriate daily medication should
include: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔an inhaled low dose corticosteroid
, Deon is a 4-year-old African-American male with a history of atopic
dermatitis and recurrent pneumonias according to his mother. He presents
with a persistent night-time cough. His most likely diagnosis is: -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔asthma
How do you control asthma - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔control the inflammation with
long term corticosteroids in cases with severe chronic inflammation, if not it
will create changes in airways.
What are the s/s of asthma - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔night time cough is the most
significant finding, wheezing
Where does tightness of chest come from - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔tightness of
muscles,
Do all people with asthma wheeze? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔No some asthmatics
do not wheeze
What are the triggers/irritants for asthma? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔triggers you
can check for: dust mites, roaches poop that asthmatics respond to, pet
dander.
STUDIES show that overcrowded populations have difficulty with asthma,