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Classroom classification

百科

Asthma in the elderly

呼吸内科

Common symptoms

痉挛性咳嗽、气短、喘息、运动气喘

The pathology of disease

Asthma in the elderly is late-onset asthma; often overlap with COPD; wheeze/dyspnea; inhaled corticosteroids; diagnostic spirometry; comorbidities.

Symptoms

Wheeze; dyspnea; cough; older; smoking history; overlap with COPD; inhaler response; recurrent infections

Causes

Late-onset asthma; smoking; COPD overlap; environmental; recurrent infections.

Treatment

Inhaled corticosteroids; LABA; inhaler technique; pulmonary rehab; vaccines; pulmonology

Dept

Pulmonology / geriatrics.

Warm reminder: Health education reference only; seek care at regular hospital.

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