Conditions is described as asthma, but are not

Conditions is Described as Asthma, but are not

"All I cheated not asthma," said Dr. Fares al-Hakim Jackson once. A study by the NHS in 2015 warned that nearly a third of diagnosed asthma may not be actually this disease. The study, published in the British Journal of General Practice and suggested that nearly one million children suffering from asthma in the UK, half a million may not have the disease. More recently released in 2017 in the Journal of the American Medical Association study also found that one-third of people with asthma do not have a case of diagnosis. Therefore, the diagnosis is wrong?

We met a couple of doctors, Dr R K Mani, CEO and President of Nayati Health Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Dr. Manav Manchanda large lung at the Asian Institute of Medical Sciences. Shared with us the circumstances, which is often misdiagnosed, and it seems like asthma.

Learning conditions such as asthma

Sinusitis

Said Dr. Mani and Dr. Manchanda breast is a condition that can easily be in the form of asthma. "In my own practice, I often see cough because of sinusitis are confused with asthma," said Dr. Mani said. Confusion starts with overlapping symptoms between these two conditions.

Gastric reflux disease

Symptoms including gastric reflux is also consistent with the symptoms of asthma. Dr. Manav says that GERD often causes pain in the chest and upper abdomen, cough, sore throat, which is also common in asthma.

Heart problems

Heart disease can be fatal if not diagnosed early. It is very important to define asthma and heart disease, a common symptom of both difficulty breathing. He says Dr. Manav ECG testing is vital to diagnose heart disease before it gets confused with asthma.

Respiratory infection

Respiratory tract infections are very common viral infection that can affect the nose, throat and respiratory tract. It can cause swelling of the nose, which causes shortness of breath and coughing. Diagnosis of poor quality can make it seem like asthma.

Lung Cancer

Symptoms of lung cancer is the most convenient for patients with asthma. Both can be characterized by a chronic cough, shortness of breath, wheezing and chest discomfort, says Dr. Manav. These two conditions are critical and must be eliminated after the possibility of a proper diagnosis.

Pulmonary edema

He said Dr. Mani met with patients who are dealing with the issue of water in the lungs as in asthma. Have pulmonary edema are also many of the symptoms that are compatible with asthma, such as shortness of breath, wheezing, coughing and chest discomfort.

Where are we missing?

The distribution of physicians in the diagnosis of her condition and metered without good reason. Diagnosis Indian media backward said Dr. Manav several times in the lung function test, which is necessary for the diagnosis of asthma, not done so. This is because the machines necessary for the test is not available at the clinics, but only in hospitals.

"Accurate diagnosis of asthma should always be an accurate diagnosis is essential is verified by chest X-ray and examination of breathing, which is testée.Un breath to avoid the side effects, the cost of medicines and unnecessary re-appropriate treatment," said Dr. Mani. But in India, the situation is a little more complicated than the West. There are cases where many patients are undiagnosed, particularly in rural and less developed areas. While it may be urban India to fight the wrong diagnosis of asthma, and rural areas in India have their own battles to fight.