A commonly used treatment for acid reflux does not improve asthma symptoms or asthma control in those patients who do not actually have symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux (GER), according to a new study published in today’s New England Journal of Medicine. This suggests that silent GER (acid reflux that causes only minimal or no reflux symptoms) does not play a role in asthma, as has previously been thought.
Many people with asthma are treated with a combination of medications that includes one designed to reduce excess stomach acid even though asthma is a respiratory and not a digestive disorder. The reason is that stomach acid can lead to GER, which in turn can exacerbate the symptoms of asthma in some people. It is particularly helpful for those whose asthma remains uncontrolled after the usual medications are given and who also have symptoms of GERD such as heartburn. But many people without […]
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I don’t really know if Lindsey Lohan had an asthma attack at 30,000 feet, or whether she spent two hours in an LA emergency room or had to be admitted for treatment, because the news reports are conflicting and unclear as of this writing. But I do know that millions of Americans suffer acute asthma attacks every year (11 million during each year between 1997 and 2004), that they often require emergency room treatment (1.8 million asthma ER visits for each year between 2001 and 2003), and hospitalization (an average of 500,000 hospital admissions each year). Worse yet, there were about 4,200 deaths from asthma each year between 2001 and 2003. Those alarming statistics come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
What these numbers mean is that a lot of people depend on albuterol-based rescue inhalers to treat their acute asthma symptoms (as well as people with […]
Original post by natalieb and weightlossopinions.com
I don’t really know if Lindsay Lohan had an asthma attack at 30,000 feet, or whether she spent two hours in an LA emergency room or had to be admitted for treatment, because the news reports are conflicting and unclear as of this writing. But I do know that millions of Americans suffer acute asthma attacks every year (11 million during each year between 1997 and 2004), and that they often require emergency room treatment (1.8 million asthma ER visits for each year between 2001 and 2003) and hospitalization (an average of 500,000 hospital admissions each year). Worse yet, there were about 4,200 deaths from asthma each year between 2001 and 2003. Those alarming statistics come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
What these numbers mean is that a lot of people depend on albuterol-based rescue inhalers to treat their acute asthma symptoms (as well as people […]
Original post by natalieb and weightlossopinions.com
