Guest guest Posted February 21, 2010 Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 which also means that the patient is either non compliant or needs to have both a full pulmonology evaluation AND an environmental evaluation, because SOMETHING is not being done correctly. since the advent of low dose steroid/long acting beta agonist inhalers and oral leukotriene inhibitors, the number of non smoke exposed 'brittle' asthmatics has dropped dramatically. ck In a message dated 2/21/2010 20:18:05 Central Standard Time, L@... writes: It just means very hard to keep controlled, like a brittle diabetic. Lee From: _texasems-l@yahoogrotexasem_ (mailto:texasems-l ) [mailto:_texasems-l@yahoogrotexasem_ (mailto:texasems-l ) ] On Behalf Of Toni Crippen Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 8:01 PM To: _texasems-l@yahoogrotexasem_ (mailto:texasems-l ) Subject: Brittle Asthma Can someone explain to me " brittle asthma " or, better yet, point me to where I can read about this disease? Thanks, Toni, rookie LP [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2010 Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 which also means that the patient is either non compliant or needs to have both a full pulmonology evaluation AND an environmental evaluation, because SOMETHING is not being done correctly. since the advent of low dose steroid/long acting beta agonist inhalers and oral leukotriene inhibitors, the number of non smoke exposed 'brittle' asthmatics has dropped dramatically. ck In a message dated 2/21/2010 20:18:05 Central Standard Time, L@... writes: It just means very hard to keep controlled, like a brittle diabetic. Lee From: _texasems-l@yahoogrotexasem_ (mailto:texasems-l ) [mailto:_texasems-l@yahoogrotexasem_ (mailto:texasems-l ) ] On Behalf Of Toni Crippen Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 8:01 PM To: _texasems-l@yahoogrotexasem_ (mailto:texasems-l ) Subject: Brittle Asthma Can someone explain to me " brittle asthma " or, better yet, point me to where I can read about this disease? Thanks, Toni, rookie LP [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2010 Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 which also means that the patient is either non compliant or needs to have both a full pulmonology evaluation AND an environmental evaluation, because SOMETHING is not being done correctly. since the advent of low dose steroid/long acting beta agonist inhalers and oral leukotriene inhibitors, the number of non smoke exposed 'brittle' asthmatics has dropped dramatically. ck In a message dated 2/21/2010 20:18:05 Central Standard Time, L@... writes: It just means very hard to keep controlled, like a brittle diabetic. Lee From: _texasems-l@yahoogrotexasem_ (mailto:texasems-l ) [mailto:_texasems-l@yahoogrotexasem_ (mailto:texasems-l ) ] On Behalf Of Toni Crippen Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 8:01 PM To: _texasems-l@yahoogrotexasem_ (mailto:texasems-l ) Subject: Brittle Asthma Can someone explain to me " brittle asthma " or, better yet, point me to where I can read about this disease? Thanks, Toni, rookie LP [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2010 Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 It just means very hard to keep controlled, like a brittle diabetic. Lee From: texasems-l [mailto:texasems-l ] On Behalf Of Toni Crippen Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 8:01 PM To: texasems-l Subject: Brittle Asthma Can someone explain to me " brittle asthma " or, better yet, point me to where I can read about this disease? Thanks, Toni, rookie LP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2010 Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 It just means very hard to keep controlled, like a brittle diabetic. Lee From: texasems-l [mailto:texasems-l ] On Behalf Of Toni Crippen Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 8:01 PM To: texasems-l Subject: Brittle Asthma Can someone explain to me " brittle asthma " or, better yet, point me to where I can read about this disease? Thanks, Toni, rookie LP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2010 Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 Maybe not differently but more aggressive (i.e. Mag Sulfate) because they do not respond to normal regimens such as MDI's or SVN's Lee From: texasems-l [mailto:texasems-l ] On Behalf Of Toni Crippen Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 8:19 PM To: texasems-l Subject: RE: Brittle Asthma How do I treat this patient any differently? Or, do I? tlc From: texasems-l [mailto:texasems-l ] On Behalf Of Lee Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 8:18 PM To: texasems-l Subject: RE: Brittle Asthma It just means very hard to keep controlled, like a brittle diabetic. Lee From: texasems-l [mailto:texasems-l ] On Behalf Of Toni Crippen Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 8:01 PM To: texasems-l Subject: Brittle Asthma Can someone explain to me " brittle asthma " or, better yet, point me to where I can read about this disease? Thanks, Toni, rookie LP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2010 Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 Maybe not differently but more aggressive (i.e. Mag Sulfate) because they do not respond to normal regimens such as MDI's or SVN's Lee From: texasems-l [mailto:texasems-l ] On Behalf Of Toni Crippen Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 8:19 PM To: texasems-l Subject: RE: Brittle Asthma How do I treat this patient any differently? Or, do I? tlc From: texasems-l [mailto:texasems-l ] On Behalf Of Lee Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 8:18 PM To: texasems-l Subject: RE: Brittle Asthma It just means very hard to keep controlled, like a brittle diabetic. Lee From: texasems-l [mailto:texasems-l ] On Behalf Of Toni Crippen Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 8:01 PM To: texasems-l Subject: Brittle Asthma Can someone explain to me " brittle asthma " or, better yet, point me to where I can read about this disease? Thanks, Toni, rookie LP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2010 Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 Maybe not differently but more aggressive (i.e. Mag Sulfate) because they do not respond to normal regimens such as MDI's or SVN's Lee From: texasems-l [mailto:texasems-l ] On Behalf Of Toni Crippen Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 8:19 PM To: texasems-l Subject: RE: Brittle Asthma How do I treat this patient any differently? Or, do I? tlc From: texasems-l [mailto:texasems-l ] On Behalf Of Lee Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 8:18 PM To: texasems-l Subject: RE: Brittle Asthma It just means very hard to keep controlled, like a brittle diabetic. Lee From: texasems-l [mailto:texasems-l ] On Behalf Of Toni Crippen Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 8:01 PM To: texasems-l Subject: Brittle Asthma Can someone explain to me " brittle asthma " or, better yet, point me to where I can read about this disease? Thanks, Toni, rookie LP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2010 Report Share Posted February 22, 2010 Here is a website I found. http://fnsg.awardspace.com/brittle.htm From: texasems-l [mailto:texasems-l ] On Behalf Of Toni Crippen Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 7:01 PM To: texasems-l Subject: Brittle Asthma Can someone explain to me " brittle asthma " or, better yet, point me to where I can read about this disease? Thanks, Toni, rookie LP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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