Churg-Strauss Syndrome Center - Chelsea, MAChelsea Pulmonologist Doctors for Churg-Strauss SyndromeType of Physician: Pulmonologist What is a Pulmonologist? A subspecialty certification by the Board of Internal Medicine; practitioners focus on diseases of the lungs and airways. The pulmonologist diagnoses and treats pneumonia, cancer, asthma, occupational diseases, sleep disorders, emphysema, and other complex disorders of the lungs. Pulmonologists evaluate lung function, examine the bronchial airways, and prescribe and monitor mechanical ventilation. Many pulmonary disease experts are also expert in critical care. Specialty: Pulmonary Disease Common Name: Lung Doctor Pulmonologist Doctors in Chelsea * Pulmonary Associates of Greater Boston PC  Pulmonary Associates of Greater Boston PC  Pulmonary Associates of Greater Boston PC  Massachusetts General Hospital Pulmonology  David J Kanarek & Barry Levine MDs  David J Kanarek & Barry Levine MDs  Pulmonary & Critical Care Unit at MGH  Pulmonary & Critical Care Unit at MGH  Pulmonary & Critical Care Unit at MGH  Pulmonary & Critical Care Unit at MGH  Pulmonary & Critical Care Unit at MGH  Pulmonary & Critical Care Unit at MGH  Pulmonary & Critical Care Unit at MGH  MGH Pulmonary & Critical Care  Pulmonary & Critical Care Unit at MGH  Pulmonary & Critical Care Unit at MGH  Pulmonary & Critical Care Unit at MGH  Pulmonary & Critical Care Unit at MGH  Pulmonary & Critical Care Unit at MGH  Pulmonary & Critical Care Unit at MGH  Pulmonary & Critical Care Unit at MGH  Pulmonary & Critical Care Unit at MGH  New England Medical Center Pulmonology  Tufts Medical Center Pulmonary & Critical Care  Tufts Medical Center Pulmonary & Critical Care  Tufts Medical Center Pulmonary & Critical Care  Tufts Medical Center  Tufts Medical Center  Tufts Medical Center  Tufts Medical Center  Boston University Medical Group  Boston University Medical Group  Boston Medical Center Pulmonary  Boston Medical Center Pulmonary  Boston Medical Center Pulmonary  Boston Medical Center Pulmonary  Boston Medical Center Pulmonary  Boston Medical Center Pulmonary  Boston Medical Center Pulmonary  Boston Medical Center Pulmonary  Boston Medical Center Pulmonary  Melrose Medical Associates  Harvard Vanguard Medical Associated Endocrinology  Mystic Medical Group  Children's Hospital Boston Pulmonology  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Pulmonary Medicine  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Pulmonary Medicine  Brigham & Womens Hospital Center for Chest Disease  Brigham & Womens Hospital Center for Chest Disease  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Pulmonary Medicine  Brigham & Womens Hospital Center for Chest Disease  Brigham & Womens Hospital Center for Chest Disease  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Pulmonary Medicine  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Pulmonary Medicine  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Pulmonary Medicine  Brigham & Womens Hospital Center for Chest Disease  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Pulmonary Medicine  Brigham & Womens Hospital Center for Chest Disease  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Pulmonary Medicine  Brigham & Womens Hospital Center for Chest Disease  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Pulmonary Medicine  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Pulmonary Medicine  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Pulmonary Medicine  Brigham & Women's Hospital Center for Chest Diseases  Brigham & Women's Hospital Center for Chest Diseases  Brigham & Women's Hospital Center for Chest Diseases  Brigham & Women's Hospital Center for Chest Diseases  Brigham & Women's Hospital Center for Chest Diseases  Brigham & Women's Hospital Center for Chest Diseases  Brigham & Women's Hospital Center for Chest Diseases  Beth Israel Deaconess Needham Emergency Medicine  Brigham & Women's Hospital Center for Chest Diseases  Brigham & Women's Hospital Center for Chest Diseases  Brigham & Women's Hospital Center for Chest Diseases  Brigham & Women's Hospital Center for Chest Diseases  Brigham & Women's Hospital Center for Chest Diseases  Brigham & Women's Hospital Center for Chest Diseases  Jules Schwaber MD  Brigham & Women's Hospital Center for Chest Diseases  Brigham & Women's Hospital Center for Chest Diseases  Brigham & Women's Hospital Center for Chest Diseases  Benjamin White MD  Marilyn P Griffin MD  VA Boston Healthcare System  VA Boston Healthcare System  Mount Auburn Hospital Travel Medicine Center  Robert Schiffman MD  Pulmonary Physicians  Pulmonary Physicians  Pulmonary Physicians  Caritas Carney Hospital Pulmonary Medicine & Critical Care  Caritas Carney Hospital Pulmonary Medicine & Critical Care  Sleep Health Centers  Sleep Health Centers  Sleep Health Centers  St Elizabeth Medical Ctr Pulmonology  St Elizabeth Medical Ctr Pulmonology  St Elizabeth Medical Ctr Pulmonology  St Elizabeth Medical Ctr Pulmonology  St Elizabeth Medical Ctr Pulmonology Chelsea, MassachusettsUpcoming Local Events2012-05-26
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Churg-Strauss SyndromeRead the Churg-Strauss Syndrome article » What is Churg-Strauss syndrome?Churg-Strauss syndrome is one of many forms of vasculitis. Vasculitis diseases are characterized by inflammation of blood vessels. Churg-Strauss syndrome, in particular, occurs in patients with a history of asthma or allergy and features inflammation of blood vessels (also referred to as angiitis) in the lungs, skin, nerves, and abdomen. The blood vessels involved in Churg-Strauss syndrome are small arteries and veins. What causes Churg-Strauss syndrome?Churg-Strauss syndrome is rare. The cause of the syndrome is not known, but it involves an abnormal over-activation of the immune system in a person with underlying bronchospastic lung disease (asthma). While Churg-Strauss syndrome has been reported to be associated with certain asthma medications, called leukotriene modifiers, whether they actually cause the disease or whether the patients that take them have more severe asthma that lends a tendency toward the development of Churg-Strauss is not yet clear. What are symptoms of Churg-Strauss syndrome?Churg-Strauss syndrome causes fever, weight loss, and sinus or nasal passage inflammation in the patient with asthma. Fatigue is common. Sometimes the asthma actually improves somewhat as the disease intensifies elsewhere. Cough, shortness of breath, and chest pain can occur as the lungs are affected by vasculitis. Skin lumps, called nodules, can appear on the extremities. Diarrhea and pain in the belly occur due to blood vessel inflammation within the abdomen. The bladder and prostate gland can become inflamed. Numbness or weakness of the extremities is the result of nerve injury from the vasculitis. If the brain is affected, seizures or confusion can occur. How is Churg-Strauss syndrome diagnosed?Churg-Strauss syndrome is suggested when the symptoms described above occur ... Recommended Reading Related to Churg-Strauss SyndromeWhat is a chest X-ray?A chest X-ray is a radiology test that involves exposing the chest briefly to radiation to produce an image of the chest and the internal organs of the chest. An X-ray film is positioned against the body opposite the camera, which sends out a very small dose of a radiation beam. As the radiation penetrates the body, it is absorbed in varying amounts by different body tissues depending on the tissue's composition of air, water, blood, bone, or muscle. Bones, for example, absorb much of the X-ray radiation while lung tissue (which is filled with mostly air) absorbs very little, allowing most of the X-ray beam to pass through the lung.
What is a shadow on a chest X-ray?Due to the differences in their composition (and, therefore, varying degrees of penetration of the X-ray beam), the lungs, heart, aorta, and bones of the chest each can be distinctly visualized on the chest X-ray. The X-ray film reco... Other Related Churg-Strauss Syndrome ArticlesEmergency Contact for Chelsea
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