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Exercise-induced bronchospasm: implications for patients with or without asthma in primary care practice
Exercise-induced bronchospasm (EIB) can represent a substantial barrier to physical activity. We present the cases of two patients with EIB, one with asthma, and one without asthma, who were evaluated at our primary care practice. The first case was a 44-year-old man with a history of seasonal aller...
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2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3233371/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22162931 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S20327 |
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author | Stoloff, Stuart W Colice, Gene L Hayden, Mary Lou Craig, Timothy J Ostrom, Nancy K Eid, Nemr S Parsons, Jonathan P |
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description | Exercise-induced bronchospasm (EIB) can represent a substantial barrier to physical activity. We present the cases of two patients with EIB, one with asthma, and one without asthma, who were evaluated at our primary care practice. The first case was a 44-year-old man with a history of seasonal allergic rhinitis but no asthma, who reported difficulty breathing when playing tennis. The second case was a 45-year-old woman who presented with persistent, generally well-controlled asthma, who was now experiencing bouts of coughing and wheezing during exercise. In both cases, an exercise challenge was used to diagnose EIB, and patients were prescribed a short-acting beta agonist to be used immediately before initiating exercise. EIB is a frequently encountered problem among patients presenting to primary care specialists. Affected patients should be made aware of the importance of proactive treatment with a short-acting beta agonist before initiating any exercise. |
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spelling | pubmed-32333712011-12-09 Exercise-induced bronchospasm: implications for patients with or without asthma in primary care practice Stoloff, Stuart W Colice, Gene L Hayden, Mary Lou Craig, Timothy J Ostrom, Nancy K Eid, Nemr S Parsons, Jonathan P Int J Gen Med Original Research Exercise-induced bronchospasm (EIB) can represent a substantial barrier to physical activity. We present the cases of two patients with EIB, one with asthma, and one without asthma, who were evaluated at our primary care practice. The first case was a 44-year-old man with a history of seasonal allergic rhinitis but no asthma, who reported difficulty breathing when playing tennis. The second case was a 45-year-old woman who presented with persistent, generally well-controlled asthma, who was now experiencing bouts of coughing and wheezing during exercise. In both cases, an exercise challenge was used to diagnose EIB, and patients were prescribed a short-acting beta agonist to be used immediately before initiating exercise. EIB is a frequently encountered problem among patients presenting to primary care specialists. Affected patients should be made aware of the importance of proactive treatment with a short-acting beta agonist before initiating any exercise. Dove Medical Press 2011-11-18 /pmc/articles/PMC3233371/ /pubmed/22162931 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S20327 Text en © 2011 Stoloff et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Stoloff, Stuart W Colice, Gene L Hayden, Mary Lou Craig, Timothy J Ostrom, Nancy K Eid, Nemr S Parsons, Jonathan P Exercise-induced bronchospasm: implications for patients with or without asthma in primary care practice |
title | Exercise-induced bronchospasm: implications for patients with or without asthma in primary care practice |
title_full | Exercise-induced bronchospasm: implications for patients with or without asthma in primary care practice |
title_fullStr | Exercise-induced bronchospasm: implications for patients with or without asthma in primary care practice |
title_full_unstemmed | Exercise-induced bronchospasm: implications for patients with or without asthma in primary care practice |
title_short | Exercise-induced bronchospasm: implications for patients with or without asthma in primary care practice |
title_sort | exercise-induced bronchospasm: implications for patients with or without asthma in primary care practice |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3233371/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22162931 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S20327 |
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