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Kids' asthma rates quiet down after earlier increase
St. George Daily Spectrum Childhood asthma rates doubled from 1980 to 1995, partly because of more awareness and diagnosis. The new study shows slower increases after that, rising to 9.3 by 2010. Declines in the most recent years were in children younger than 5, Mexican kids, … |
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Republished: The clinical spectrum of pulmonary aspergillosis.
Postgrad Med J. 2015 Jul;91(1077):403-10
Authors: Kosmidis C, Denning DW
Abstract
The clinical presentation of Aspergillus lung disease is determined by the interaction between fungus and host. Invasive aspergillosis develops in severely immunocompromised patients, including those with neutropenia, and increasingly in the non-neutropenic host, including lung transplant recipients, the critically ill patients and patients on steroids. A high index of suspicion is required in patients without the classical risk factors as early presentation is usually silent and non-specific, pyrexia uncommon and timely treatment is crucial for survival. Invasive aspergillosis has also been diagnosed in normal hosts after massive exposure to fungal spores. Chronic pulmonary aspergillosis affects patients without obvious immune compromise, but with an underlying lung condition such as COPD or sarcoidosis, prior or concurrent TB or non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease. Aspergillus bronchitis may be responsible for persistent respiratory symptoms in patients with Aspergillus detected repeatedly in sputum without evidence of parenchymal Aspergillus disease, especially in patients with bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis. Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis affects patients with asthma and cystic fibrosis, and is important to recognise as permanent lung or airways damage may accrue if untreated. Changes in the classification of Aspergillus allergic lung disease have been proposed recently. Cases of extrinsic allergic alveolitis and chronic pulmonary aspergillosis have been observed after Aspergillus exposure. Asymptomatic colonisation of the respiratory tract needs close monitoring as it can lead to clinical disease especially with ongoing immunosuppression. The various syndromes should be viewed as a semicontinuous spectrum of disease and one form may evolve into another depending on the degree of ongoing immunosuppression.
PMID: 26187954 [PubMed – in process]
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Spectrum Health, Priority Health chosen for nationwide asthma initiative
MLive.com Spectrum Health and Priority Health will work in collaboration with Health Net, Asthma Network and Healthy Homes Coalition of West Michigan to conduct feasibility studies that fund home-based asthma interventions, including remediation of asthma … |
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New procedure helps those suffering from severe asthma
St. George Daily Spectrum Nearly 19 million adults in the U.S. have asthma, and more than 7 million children live with the disease. Furthermore, in 2010, Americans made 1.8 million emergency room visits with asthma as the primary diagnosis, according to the Centers for Disease … |
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Find asthma relief with oriental medicine theory
St. George Daily Spectrum Features. ADVERTISEMENT. Winter is cold and dry here in Southern Utah this year, and many people with respiratory problems, such as asthma, pneumonia or bronchitis, can be affected by the frigid temperatures that make certain body systems work harder. |
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