Orthopedic technology with bronchial heat and asthma

Uc Davis University, USA has just launched a new treatment for severe asthma. It is a bronchial orthopedic method, which is considered a long-term option for controlling severe asthma symptoms.

Patients with severe asthma.(Internet photo)

Her health Ariel Noriega has been severely weakened since the first asthma attack appeared. Even so, she still plays basketball in elementary school. Since then, the main concern in her daily life is how to play sports while fighting effectively with asthma. Now, with new asthma treatments applied at UC Davis Health System, the United States, female basketball players, and 20-year-old student are able to play sport comfortably.

New asthma treatments are used for people with severe asthma but cannot treat them effectively with medication: bronchial orthopedic means that heat removal of smooth muscle tissue causes attacks. bronchospasm during the time when the asthma attack occurs.

' New drugs have a positive effect on treating severe asthma for most patients, but they have no effect on the rest of the population, ' said Nicholas Kenyon, associate professor at the medical office. , UC Davis University, USA and one of the doctors directly treating students Ariel Noriega. ' We are fortunate to have this new asthma treatment among other effective asthma treatments in the Sacramento area, which is one of the key areas of asthma in California, USA .'

Asthma is a chronic inflammation of the airways in the lungs, causing contractions and airway obstruction in the lungs, which affects about 23 million Americans, including 7 million children, and is direct causes as well as indirectly cause about 11,000 deaths each year in the United States.

Allergies, chemicals, cigarette smoke, dust, air pollution, etc. and heavy physical exercise or sudden cold temperature changes can also trigger asthma attacks .

Ariel Noriega's asthma has been partly relieved by drug treatment, but has dangerous side effects such as weight gain and diabetes, making Ariel Noriega visit the emergency room several times a year. This had a strong impact on Ariel Noriega's decision to find a new treatment.

UC Davis Health System is the first medical facility in California, USA, to apply bronchial thermal imaging technology to treat severe asthma after obtaining approval from the Food and Drug Administration United States, in April 2010.

The Alair system includes the use and control of a single device that provides radio frequency energy in an outpatient treatment procedure known as bronchial thermostats, developed by Asthmatx is based in Sunnyvale, California, USA.

The course of treatment consists of three outpatient sessions in the hospital, in which a flexible bronchoscope with four thin wires and a top micro camera is inserted into the lungs. Using images projected on a screen, the bronchoscope will target areas sensitive to asthma, where extension cords will provide heat to remove smooth muscle tissue, causing contractions. and the airway obstruction in the lungs, during the time when the asthma attack occurs. Each outpatient session lasts more than an hour. Patients often go home on the same day or can be re-examined after a short time, depending on each patient's ability to recover.