asthma

symptoms

shortness of breath, chest pain, chest tightness,cough, sore throat, stuff nose

differential diagnosis

air obstruction = copd, bronchiectasis, foreign body, lung cancer, bronchiolitis

no airflow obstruction = chronic cough syndromes, hyperventilation syndromes, vocal cord dysfunction, rhinitis, GERD,heart failure, pulmonary fibrosis

reasons to refer

E= emergency, U = urgent, R = routine

severe asthma exacerbation=E, monophonic wheeze/stridor-E/U,constant SOB= R, poor response to treatment= R

treatment

ventolin, serotide, flixotide, airotec, combiwave, becolatide, breathezy, momate, avamy, brohex

mucus plug

airway hyperresponsiveness

testing
type of testing

tezepelumab

treatment of mucus plug