Asthmaniac: Bringing patients the facts of asthma control.

Navigating Asthmaniac.com! Navigating Asthmaniac to Find Your Best Asthma Control Asthmaniac.com is a fully digital asthma clinic designed to deliver physician consultation, disease assessment, patient education, medical refills, and follow-up care. This is different than making an appointment in a traditional clinic for asthma care. So, how does it work? Navigate to the website Asthmaniac.com is a website that contains the links and information you will need to manage your asthma. Simply...

High-Deductible Health Plan? Online Asthma Is Perfect! High Deductible? Asthmaniac Is Best Value! ✓ You have a Health Insurance Policy ✘ But, it has a high deductible ???? Asthmaniac was made for you! ???? Affordable $50 doctor visits ✓ State-of-the-Art Asthma Care ✓ All online! High-Deductible Health Insurance The Accountable Care Act (Obamacare) created changes in the U.S health insurance market that allowed many more people to enroll in a health insurance plan. The majority of these...

No Insurance? Asthmaniac Will Help You! No Insurance is Not a Problem at Asthmaniac! ⇨ Active asthma ???? Asthmaniac was made for you! ???? Affordable $50 doctor visits ✓ State-of-the-Art Asthma Care ???? All online! No Insurance = No Problem I mean it! I don’t care that you don’t have insurance. I designed Asthmaniac to deliver asthma care to asthma sufferers that: .. don’t have insurance .. don’t have a doctor .. have too much anxiety because this. I will be your asthma doctor. I charge an...

Is Your Asthma e-Asthma? New Medicine! GET YOUR EOSINOPHIL TEST! * e-Asthma is category of severe asthma * Patients with e-Asthma have difficulty getting asthma control with usual treatment * e-Asthma responds well to a new type of injected medicine * In such patients, this new medicine can decrease their asthma attacks and allow them to use less oral steroid. e-Asthma is a type of severe asthma that responds well to a new kind of control medicine that you inject under skin, usually monthly....

Asthma Follow Up Care: Why You Need It! * Follow-up Care is Essential to good asthma control. * Follow-up allows determination of asthma severity. * Other disorders that affect your breathing are detected early. * Rescue medication refills are provided * Your Asthma Action Plan is updated. Having your asthma diagnosed is the first step to getting control. But after treatments are prescribed, follow-up becomes the key to avoiding asthma attacks and minimizing your asthma symptoms Follow-up is...

NEVER run Out of Asthma Inhaler Medicine! GET YOUR INHALER REFILL! * Finding your inhaler empty when the tightness starts IS NOT A GOOD FEELING! ..You need your rescue inhaler ..When you need it! ..Without it, it is probably a trip to the ER and ..a few days of having messed up breathing. * Asthmaniac offers $50 doctor visits for inhaler refills and *sends all orders for prescription medication to the pharmacy of your choice. Asthma is one disease that cannot be controlled without...

Asthmaniac Uses ePrescriptions for Your Medicine! * Electronic prescriptions mean: ..More accuracy in the order, ..More convenience for you, ..No paper to lose, and ..It’s FAST! * Asthmaniac sends all orders for prescription medication to the pharmacy of your choice. Asthma is one disease that cannot be controlled without medication. When your wheezing kicks in, you need a rescue inhaler NOW! And to keep your wheezing suppressed, you need a controller medication. Most asthma patients are...

Asthma Management Guidelines 2020 Focused Update: What’s In It For You? * The National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute coordinated this update * Recommendations were published on December 1, 2020. * It Focuses on six areas: ....Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide Testing ....Indoor Allergen Mitigation ....Intermittent Inhaled Corticosteroids ....Immunotherapy in the Treatment of Allergic Asthma ....Bronchial Thermoplasty * Only four of these six areas have...

Asthma Rescue Inhalers Are Crucial in Asthma Control! * Rescue inhalers are essential * The albuterol in rescue inhalers opens breathing tubes quickly * If it doesn’t quickly improve your breathing, go to the ER * A spacer should be used with all liquid medicine inhalers * Generic albuterol is now available for about $22 per inhaler You and I both know this – your rescue inhaler is your ‘go-to’ when the wheezing starts. Why? Because you get immediate relief (usually). HOW? This type of...

Do You Need an Asthma Controller Medication? * Asthma controllers are medications that “control” the underlying inflammation in your breathing tubes. * Inhaled corticosteroids are the most common type of medicine used for this purpose. * In order for corticosteroids to work, they have to be inhaled deep into the breathing tubes twice daily. * A new class of drugs has been developed to control inflammation: they are called biologics and are injected weekly or monthly into the skin of your...

* A spacer is needed to hold your asthma medicine in a cloud until you can pull it into your lungs with a deep breath. * If you don’t use a spacer with your asthma medicine, it ends up on tongue and on the walls of your throat where it can’t help your asthma and usually causes a yeast infection. * Spacers should be used with all of your asthma medicine that comes in a metered dose inhaler (MDI). * Medicine administered by a dry powder inhaler does not require a spacer since the design of the inhaler stirs and suspends the dry powder particles so they can be inhaled deeply.

Children and Asthma: Different from Adult Asthma? * Asthma is present in about 10% of children. * Asthma in children is diagnosed when your child has recurring episodes of wheezing that are relieved by rescue medicine such as albuterol * Asthma in children is treated with the same medicines and treatment plans as in adults with adjustments for their size and metabolism. Children have a lot more wheezing than adults. A simple upper respiratory infection or common cold causes many children to...

Asthma and COVID19: Breathing Easy during a Pandemic * Asthma is a chronic disease that places you at higher risk of serious illness with COVID19 infection. * Keeping your asthma well controlled will give you the best protection against serious COVID19 illness. * Controlling your COVID19 exposure should be a high priority until we have a vaccine. Does Asthma make you more vulnerable to COVID19? Patients with chronic disease including chronic lung disease are having much more trouble with...

Peak Expiratory Flow Rate: How We Measure and Why? * Peak Expiratory Flow is measured by you, several times a week using a small pocket-sized flowmeter * You record the number measured by this devise. * This number shows how well you are able to exhale and tells me if we have your lung inflammation under control * When this number starts edging down over a few days, we know its time to take action before you start to feel symptoms of chest tightness, shortness of breath or actual wheezing. *...

Asthma Action Plan: Personalized Just For You! * Your Asthma Action Plan is your quick-reference guide telling you how to react to changes in your breathing. * Your plan uses your Peak Expiratory Flow readings and ACT scores to determine if your asthma is in control. * Your Asthma Action Plan clearly instructs you what to do when your symptoms flare up or your Peak Expiratory Flow is dropping. * This allows you to take action with additional medication that I have ordered for you to stop...

Asthma Control Test Score: How We Use It * The Asthma Control Test (ACT) is a survey that you fill out about your breathing symptoms. * Your score on this survey will classify your asthma into 3 levels: Well Controlled, Not Well Controlled, and Poorly Controlled * These classifications are used to determine what medications should be on your Asthma Action Plan. * The ACT should be completed weekly to make sure we have the earliest sign that your asthma is flaring up. * You can complete the...

* Asthmaniac.com is my online asthma clinic * Asthmaniac is designed to be affordable, convenient, and reliable. * Asthmaniac follows national quality standards developed at NIH * Asthmaniac uses your phone to make your care convenient and engaging

Triggers for wheezing (bronchoconstriction) include: * Pollen * Dust Mites * Cockroaches * Mold * Pet dander * Tobacco Smoke To prevent wheezing, you need to avoid these triggers. If avoiding them isn’t possible, I can prescribe medicine suppresses the effect of triggers.

Phone Doctor Visits: They Work For Asthma Control! * Quality Asthma care depends on self-management by patients. * A large part of my role as your physician is teaching you these self-management skills. * Crucial to these skills are techniques you will use to assess: * Your Symptoms (Asthma Control Test) * Your Lung Function (Peak Expiratory Flow) * We will discuss your self-assessments by phone rather than in-person. * These phone visits and your frequent use of the Asthmaniac website are...

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