What is Asthma?
A form of bronchial disorder associated with airway obstruction, marked by recurrent attacks of paroxysmal dyspnea, with wheezing due to spasmodic contraction of the bronchi.
What are the common names for Asthma?
Bronchial Asthmas
Bronchial Asthma
What type of doctor has expertise in Asthma?
Allergy & Immunology Specialists:
Allergy & Immunology — An allergist-immunologist is trained in evaluation, physical and laboratory diagnosis, and management of disorders involving the immune system. Selected examples of such conditions include asthma, anaphylaxis, rhinitis, eczema, and adverse reactions to drugs, foods, and insect stings as well as immune deficiency diseases (both acquired and congenital), defects in host defense, and problems related to autoimmune disease, organ transplantation, or malignancies of the immune system.
Pediatricians:
Pediatrics — A pediatrician is concerned with the physical, emotional and social health of children from birth to young adulthood. Care encompasses a broad spectrum of health services ranging from preventive healthcare to the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic diseases. A pediatrician deals with biological, social and environmental influences on the developing child, and with the impact of disease and dysfunction on development.
Pulmonologists:
Pulmonary Disease — An internist who treats diseases of the lungs and airways. The pulmonologist diagnoses and treats cancer, pneumonia, pleurisy, asthma, occupational and environmental diseases, bronchitis, sleep disorders, emphysema and other complex disorders of the lungs.
Selected Doctor Publications
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Normal values for forced oscillation parameters in small children.
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November 1986 |
| The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma |
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Comparison of two selective media developed to isolate Pseudomonas cepacia from patients with cystic fibrosis.
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July 1987 |
| Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease |
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Evaluation of latex allergy in patients with meningomyelocele.
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October 1992 |
| Annals of allergy |
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A negative, double-blind, placebo-controlled challenge to genetically modified corn.
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December 2003 |
| The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology |
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Anti-interleukin-5 (mepolizumab) therapy for hypereosinophilic syndromes.
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February 2004 |
| The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology |
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Disorder Taxonomy
+ Respiratory Tract Diseases
+ Bronchial Diseases
+ Asthma
Click on one of the links below if you are looking for more doctors who treat Asthma:
Allergy & Immunology Specialists in Cincinnati, OHPediatricians in Cincinnati, OHPulmonologists in Cincinnati, OH
