Acute Asthma Case Study

Lungs: Demonstrate good air entry. Faint end-expiratory wheeze throughout all lung fields. No rales or rhonchi. Symmetric chest expansion. Breathing nonlabored.

The first signs and symptoms of ARDS are feeling like you can't get enough air into your lungs, rapid breathing, and a low blood oxygen level. Other signs and symptoms depend on the cause of the ARDS. They may occur

Lungs: Mild end-expiratory wheezing. Pursed-lip breathing noted and has a prolonged expiratory phase. Chest x-ray shows pulmonary hyperinflation, flattening of the diaphragm; Pulmonary function test (after bronchodilation with 2 puffs albuterol—FEV1/FVC ratio 0.60 FEV1 60% of predicted value)

History of Present Illness: Ms. Johnson is a very pleasant 66-year-old woman who was previously evaluated in this office by Elvira Aguila, MD for the diagnosis of asthma. She was last seen in January 2015. She states that overall, she has done well. However, over the last two to three weeks, she has noticed increasing shortness of breath as well as productive cough, rhinorrhea and postnasal drip. She states that she has been using her rescue inhaler above and beyond what is normal for her up to 10 times a day yesterday and she states that she has had some improvement in her symptoms with her short acting bronchodilator. She denies any fevers or chills.

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airway that impacts a person’s and their family’s quality of life. In people with asthma, their airway becomes constricted with swelling and excessive mucous. This constriction or narrowing of the airway makes it difficult for the person with asthma to breath (Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 2009). If asthma is left uncontrolled, it leads to further wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath, tiredness, and stress. (Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 2009).

In this zone, the peak expiratory flow is less than 50% and patient may feel severe asthma attack with shortness of breath as well as severe coughing. In this severe asthma condition, patients may require emergency medical treatment and immediate intake of extra medicine (Short acting beta2 agonist, oral systemic corticosteroid). Also, there may be needed to go hospital

Asthma is a long term non-communicable lung disease that inflames and narrows your airways. If you have asthma then you will most likely have issues with chest tightness (feels like someone is wringing out your insides). You will also have shortness of breath, for example: if you walk up a flight of stairs, you could be breathing like you just ran a marathon. You also tend to have more mucus because

Asthma patients have difficulty in breathing normally because of a severe lung condition. They develop extra sensitive airways in their throat and narrowing. when airways and throat become damaged or irritated, the result is making the air difficult to move in and out, and this causes Wheezing, Coughing, Shortness of breath, And a tight chest. In the normal condition, the muscle band at the outside of the airways are very relaxed. Also, the inside opening of the airways is wide open so the air can move in and out very easily. When a person develops asthma, the gas exchange becomes difficult to maintain normal rate. There are three things that can happen to the asthmatic patient, first, the muscle bands get tighten, inflammation of the airways

Asthma is a long-term lung disease. Those with asthma have sensitive airways in their lungs which triggers a flare up. When this flare up happens the muscle around the airways squeeze tight and the airways swell, become narrows and produce more mucus. (Anon., 2016) All these things make it harder for a person to breathe. Asthma effects the human body’s respiratory system. Asthma causes a spasm and constriction of the bronchial passages and the swelling and the inflammation of the mucous lining. The body responds by defence cells from the immune system, which causes the airways to swell and the muscles surrounding the airways to contract. Which is what cuts off the airflow. While a person is in asthma attack, the asthmatic cannot breathe which

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Asthma is a chronic and long term disease in the lungs that causes tightness in the chest due to the airways being narrowed and filled with mucus. The airways become sensitive in an asthmatic patient. The airways can become red and swollen from being inflamed or go through a spasm from tightening. Patients usually have trouble sleeping and when affected by a cold or flu, the effects of asthma are amplified. Asthma is not curable but controllable and manageable because it can change and alter over time. Asthma varies from person to person and can be much more severe in certain cases.

The most severe thing they can get is status asthmatics. This is a severe, persistent asthma attack that you can’t break. They give them back to back meds, they give them steroids and they are wheezing, and they are wheezing, and they are wheezing. The pulse ox is dropping, they are getting more and more SOB, and they are getting more and more fatigued, you can’t break the treatments. You might give epinephrine SQ, but one of the things you need to watch for (as the nurse) is those breath sounds. If you listen to an asthmatic, and you don’t hear good air exchange, you want to hear wheezes, do don’t want to hear a quite chest. If their breath sounds change to quite you want to call

Some of the signs and symptoms of asthma are, coughing, wheezing, chest tightness and shortness of breath. Coughing is frequent throughout the day. At night and during the morning, coughing is at its worst state. There is a chance that mucus will be coughed up. When a person is wheezing, there is a whistling sound as they breathe. Chest tightness is when it feels like someone is sitting on your chest. It seems like there is a buildup of pressure in the chest area. This can also be the first sign of an asthma attack. Shortness of breath is when a person has a hard time breathing. The person cannot catch their breathe . These signs and symptoms can be enhanced by cold weather and exercise. Both of these factors can make breathing harder to do.

Asthma is one of the pulmonary diseases and is characterized as an inflammation of the bronchial tubes (air ways) that causes swelling and constriction of the airways. This results the problem in breathing. . During asthma attacks muscles in the bronchi constrict, the airways become inflamed and swollen, and breathing become difficult.

Shortness of breath, especially after exercise, coughing, or difficulty breathing while sleeping, are all common symptoms. These can be described as mild asthma attacks; however, they can usually be controlled by medication. A severe asthma attack, on the other hand, where a