Question

Treatment Centers/Medical Research for Asthma (5 pts)

• Who/What/Where of areas/places that are doing research for this particular disease. What are some of the medical research facilities currently doing research on this disease AND/OR what are some treatment centers for the disease/disorder.

Answer 1

Asthma is a noncommunicable respiratory disease in which airways become narrow filled with mucus ,swell ,and become difficult to breathe.The symptoms include coughing,breathing difficulty,whistling or wheezing sound while breathing etc.Approximately 25 million Americans according to Center for Disease Control and Prevention.Accordig to WHO,399 million people suffer from asthma.Treatments include using inhalators containing bronchodilators.For severe asthma ,bronchial thermo plasty is used.Treatment centers for asthma include Mayo clinic,Barnes Jewish hospital in America,Asthma and allergy foundation of America,American Lung Association,American Academy of Allergy ,Asthma and Immunology,Asthma clinical research center at Boston Children's hospital.Research organizations for asthma include:

National Heart,Lung,and Blood Institute - conducts research in causes ,diagnosis,treatment of lung,heart,blood diseases etc

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases -Conduct research on allergic asthma,a and influenza

National Jewish Medical and Research Center-conduct research in asthma,lung disease,tuberculosis etc.

Allergy and asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics- For families who want to overcome allergy and asthma

Environmental protection Agency-Studies dangers of air pollution

Global Initiative for Asthma

Asthma UK

Recent research have proved that farm like indoor microbiota can protect children from asthma.New researches are going on to reduce the use of corticosteroids as medicine.Asthma is not curable but can be controlled effectively.