Perinatal Nursing & Adolescent Psychiatry

Adolescent Pulmonology

Adolescent Pulmonology mainly deals with the health care needs in case of respiratory disorders. Medical practitioners are specially trained in treating these diseases and other chest conditions such as asthma, pneumonia, tuberculosis, emphysema etc.  Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways in the lungs. Childhood asthma is the impact on children before the age of five.This occurs when the airways are inflamed, and muscles are swollen which reduces the air passage into the lungs. Symptoms include episodes of wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath. It is either caused due to genetic or environmental factors. It occurs few times a day or few times a week depending on the intensity of the disease. In United States, out of 25 million people suffering from asthma, seven million people are children. For cases of pediatric population, proper nursing care should be taken in resisting respiratory disorders.