Bronchial Thermoplasty is a treatment for severe asthma, and helps improve breathing and quality of life for those who suffer from asthma attacks and may have airway constriction. Bronchial Thermoplasty is meant to help reduce asthma attacks as well as open up airways making it easier to breathe and improve quality of life in the …
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If you live in the New York, NY area and deal with asthma, you may be curious about the solutions available to help reduce the severity of asthma attacks. Dr. Marc Bowen may recommend treatments such as bronchial thermoplasty. What is bronchial thermoplasty? Bronchial thermoplasty is best described as a minimally invasive procedure that uses …
Bronchial thermoplasty is a treatment that can help asthma sufferers enjoy a better quality of life. During clinical trials, this treatment resulted in 84% fewer ER visits. During a bronchial thermoplasty, your physician will use a bronchoscope to access your airways and use a special instrument that heats up the smooth muscle in the airways …
A bronchoscopy is a procedure that looks at the inside your lung airways through a bronchoscope tube, via a tiny camera. The tube travels through your nose or mouth, down your throat, into your windpipe, and ends at the bronchi and bronchioles of your lungs. Why Would You Need a Bronchoscopy? A bronchoscopy helps find …
Asthma – a chronic inflammatory condition of the airways – can cause frightening symptoms such as breathlessness, coughing, and wheezing. As your airways become inflamed repeatedly over time, your smooth muscle gets thicker in your airway, blocking some of it and making breathing more difficult. Sometimes asthma responds well to medication such as inhaled corticosteroids, …
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