Asthma

Today I will be talking about patients with asthma and giving them Corticosteroid (Prednisone) to help with inflammation. I will tell you how this steroid works, and who shouldn't take this type of medication. I will also talk about the difference in upper respiratory infection and a lower respiratory system. Asthma is when a patient's airways narrow or swells. This makes it extremely hard for the patient to breath. When the patient has a flare up they start wheezing and coughing. Your immune…

novel progresses. Ridley, illustrates Asthma on page 66-67 and in Chapter 5, which is named Chromosome 5. Asthma, although not specially related one chromosome, has traces to many chromosomes throughout the body. Asthma affects more than 26 million Americans throughout the country, 18.9 million of them being adults and 7.1 million of them being children (1). Also, asthma causes around 3,500 death a year, nearly half of whom are 65 or older (1). Although asthma is not very common throughout the…

health problems? Asthma and obesity are the most common health problems that afflict kids in middle childhood. Asthma is a disease that affects lungs. Symptoms of asthma are wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, shortness of breath. Asthma and allergies are heridatory.It is very important to let your pediatrician know about family history, because doctors tend to underdiagnose asthma. Other asthma triggers are: smoke, dust, pollen, pets, mold, environment and pollution. Asthma can’t be cured but…

A trauma patient sustains a crush injury and rapidly develops hyperkalemia. Which of the following treatments primarily acts to neutralize the effects of hyperkalemia on the cellular membrane? A: Insulin and glucose • This combination can be used to treat hyperkalemia however it does not work on the cellular membrane. Insulin lowers the serum potassium concentration by forcing the potassium back into the cell. This is done by enhancing the activity of the Na-K pump. The reason glucose is also…

Salbutamol metered dose inhaler (MDI): The dose of salbutamol inhaler for adults, and children over four years old: ► For the treatment of acute bronchial asthma or bronchospasm, the usual dose is one puff (100 mcg) or two puffs (200 mcg) of salbutamol inhaler every 4 to 6 hours. ► For maintenance therapy of bronchial asthma, one or two puffs 3 to 4 times daily. ► For the prevention of bronchospasm caused by exercise, take two puffs 15 minutes before the exercise. Salbutamol dry powder inhaler…

Specified objectives: #1 Describe the characteristics of the community health nursing #2 Apply the roles of the professional nurse to community setting #6 Assess factors that affect family health and its impact on individuals, families, and aggregates in their community #8 Assess a selected community and develop a plan to address health problems in the community Description: As I arrived to Lansdale Catholic high school I pulled into a large parking lot with a beautiful field out back.…

people in New York City, including 300,000 children, have been diagnosed with asthma. Air pollution from mobile sources, like construction equipment, contributes to over 90% of the air cancer risk in New York County. The cost of asthma hospitalization in New York City totaled more than $242 million in 2000. In 2000 there were 26.868 hospitalizations for asthma in New York City. Children ages 0-14 accounted for 37% of all asthma hospitalizations, although they represented only 20% of the…

the end of the video where the girl is 22. This shows the viewer that she will most likely have life long asthma due to her mother’s blatant disregard of her daughter’s health. Asthma is also another one of the many detrimental effects that so many children have to go through due to secondhand smoke exposure. For many children asthma is a daily routine that they have to deal with and “Asthma attacks are perhaps the most well-known health effect of secondhand smoke exposure among children.…

The Mayo Clinic (2015) explained, Asthma is a condition in which your airways narrow, swell, and produce extra mucus. This condition produces labored or difficult breathing patterns, severe coughing, wheezing, and periods of shortness of breath. Some people consider asthma to merely be an occasional inconvenience, while to some; this condition can be a life threatening situation ("Asthma:Diseases and Conditions," n.d.). At present, there isn’t a cure for asthma, but its numerous symptoms can be…

visits. The questionnaire covered personal data, asthma symptoms, allergies symptoms any treatment, and for some of them ISAAC video was shown to explain the meaning of wheeze. Individuals who answered yes to asthma symptom wheeze were issued a second questionnaire specially designed for asthma patients’ and then their symptoms were further validated by lung function tests. The tests were performed in 3 following visits with only 33 of the 38 asthma symptoms positive individuals accepting the…