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Method for diagnosing and treating bronchial asthma

Method for diagnosing and treating bronchial asthma description/claims

This invention relates to a method for diagnosing and treating bronchial asthma and more particularly to a method and treatment based on categorizing bronchial asthma into three types and optimizing treatment based on the type of asthma encountered.

It has been reported that asthma is the number one chronic illness for children and is a significant cause of infants' deaths. It has also been reported that over twenty million Americans have asthma. It addition, it is well known that asthma is adversely affected by pollution. For this reason, there has been a significant increase in asthma cases in Kuwait since the Gulf War and the fire set in the Kuwait oil fields by the retreating Iraqi troops.

Bronchial Asthma typically causes decreased lung function, bronchial inflammation, coughing, wheezing and tightness in the chest. These problems are often exasperated by air born irritants such as smoke, exercise, viral infections etc. When a patient encounters such problems, it means that the individual's airway is obstructed and the lungs are not receiving sufficient air. Typically, the airways become obstructed due to the lining of the airways becoming irritated and swollen and because the airways tighten causing them to narrow.

With modern medicine, there are many treatments for asthma. However, most of the drugs prescribed have the potential for negative side effects. For example, asthma treatment can cause depression, dizziness, fatigue, impotence, liver damage etc. In addition, some medications are effective for some patients but less effective with others. Therefore, it is highly desirable to select the right treatment for the right patient.

The main idea of the new invention is to categorize the patient with Bronchial Asthma so you can give the right medication to the right patient thereby reducing side effects of the medication.

In essence the present invention contemplates a method for diagnosing and treating a patient with Bronchial Asthma. The method includes the step of classifying a patient's asthma into three types, namely Type I (a wet type), Type II (a dry type) and Type III (a mixed type). The Type I asthma is characterized by more production of mucus than bronco constriction while the dry type has more bronco spasm than mucus production. The mixed type is a mixture of the two i.e. Type I and Type II. A patient is then diagnosed as Type I, Type II or Type III based on an examination of the patient. For Type I, a patient is treated with a mucolyptic more than a bronco dilator or with a bronco dilator if Type II or some combination of the two if Type III.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the diagnosis is based on the onset of symptoms, severity of symptoms at the onset of the symptoms, chest findings, other allergy symptoms, X-ray findings, trigger factors and to a degree response to treatment and age of the patient. The treatment for the Type I asthma includes more use of a mucolyptic than a broncho dilator, and if a nebulizer is used it should include Bisolvon®, a bromhexine that is a synthetic derivative of vasicine. In essence the Bisolvon® is an expectorant i.e. mucus or phlem dissolving preparation. Small doses of a bronco dilator may also be used to open the passages to let the mucus pass. Cortisone is seldom used for such patients.

For those patients with the Type II asthma, they are treated with a bronco dilator and/or nebulizer with the addition of Atrovert, adrenaline and pulmicort if needed in measured amounts. This combination has given relatively quick response and is often effective in decreasing the use of a nebulizer. The treatment for Type III includes a combination of the treatments for Types I and II and is derived based on the physician's experience.

FIG. 1 a block diagram illustrating a method for categorizing different types of asthma in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a method for treating different types of asthma in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a method for diagnosing and treating asthma in accordance with the present invention; and

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating the method for diagnosing and treating asthma in accordance with the present invention.

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