ASTHMA RESEARCH PROJECT

WHAT IS ASTHMA?

• Chronic lung disease that constricts and narrows the airways
• No cure but very treatable
• In the United States, more than 22 million people are known to have asthma. Nearly 6 million of these people are children.

CURRENT TREATMENT

• Severity, Control, & Responsiveness
• Long term and short term. Inhaled corticosteroids
• http://youtuy.be/qeW5n8YapQ8

Primary goal: maintain control over the patient's asthma, eliminate symptoms and limitations as well as reduce risk.

Alternatives to treating severe asthma:
clinical studies, new drugs, and a procedure called thermoplasty

BRONCHIAL THERMOPLASTY

• Newly developed treatment
• Reduces asthma attacks by reducing the amount of smooth muscle around the airways
• Less muscle=less constriction of the airways=easier to breathe
• Varied results
• https://youtu.be/el_IbQPhH48

Crystal Ball Projection

• Maintain asthma in patients by controlling treatment. (Usage, surroundings)
• Continue research with new medications

CITATIONS

• http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/asthma/atrisk
• http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/08/slides/2008-4398s1-08-Guest.pdf
• http://www.lung.org/our-initiatives/research/airways-clinical-research-cent...
• http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/asthma/basics/symptoms/con-20...
• http://youtu.be/qeW5n8YapQ8
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22196524
• http://asthma.yale.edu/clinical_center/bronchial-thermoplasty.aspx
• https://youtu.be/el_IbQPhH48