Churg-Strauss Syndrome Center - Mission Viejo, CAMission Viejo 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 Mission Viejo * Saddleback Pulmonary Associates  Saddle Back Respiratory Medical Group  Saddle Back Respiratory Medical Group  Saddleback Pulmonary Associates  Saddle Back Respiratory Medical Group  Mission Internal Medical Group  Mission Internal Medical Group  Mission Internal Medical Group  Paloma Medical Group  Paloma Medical Group  Johathan J Ahdoot MD  Terry L Globerson MD  Inchel Yeam MD  Earl R Kiernan MD  Pulmonary Consultants  Seijo Oi MD  Chest & Critical Care Consultants  Chest & Critical Care Consultants  Chest & Critical Care Consultants  Chest & Critical Care Consultants  Chest & Critical Care Consultants  Chest & Critical Care Consultants  San Clemente Medical Center  Raouf A Kayaleh MD  David C Huang MD  Pulmonary Consultants  Mark J Rodrigues MD  Pulmonary Consultants  Pulmonary Consultants  Pulmonary Consultants  Pulmonary Consultants  Pulmonary Consultants  Pulmonary Consultants  Pulmonary Consultants  Farzana Naqvi & Syed S Naqvi MDs  Parminder S Dhaliwal MD  Huntington Beach Internal Medicine  Huntington Beach Internal Medicine  Newport Pulmonary Associates Medical Group  Coast Pulmonary Assoc  Newport Pulmonary Associates Medical Group  Newport Pulmonary Associates Medical Group  Newport Pulmonary Associates Medical Group  Lakshmi S Shukla MD  Coast Pulmonary Assoc  Andy Sueng Yang MD  Seung Chul Yang MD  UCI Medical Center Pulmonary  UCI Medical Center Pulmonary  UCI Medical Center Multispecialty Orange  UCI Medical Center Pulmonary  Prakash Bondade MD FCCP Inc  Arun Budhraja MD  Jin-Jou Lu MD  South Counties Pediatric Critical Care Medical Group  Raj Sunderrajan MD  Comprehensive Pulmonary Medical Group  Bitthal Maheshwari MD  Pathway Medical Group  Marlowe D Ross MD  Cuong V Nguyen MD & Dao Nguyen MD  Private Physicians Medical Associates  Private Physicians Medical Associates  Pathway Medical Group  Pathway Medical Group  Chest & Critical Care Consultants  Pulmonary Disease Center of Orange County  Pulmonary Disease Center of Orange County  Chest & Critical Care Consultants  Western Pulmonary Group  Western Pulmonary Group  Western Pulmonary Group  St Jude Heritage Medical Group Bastanchury  St Jude Heritage Medical Group Bastanchury  St Jude Heritage Medical Group Bastanchury  Ahmed I Badr MD  Hwa Mu Lee MD  Anaheim Pulmonary & Critical Care  United Medical Group  Mark M Chung MD  Florante Luzano MD & Austin Yu MD  Los Alamitos Cardiovascular  Los Alamitos Pulmonary Medical Associates  Florante Luzano MD & Austin Yu MD  Riverside Medical Clinic Internal Medicine Department  Jeffrey Simons MD  Inland Pulmonary Medical Group  Inland Pulmonary Medical Group  Inland Pulmonary Medical Group  Bergman Medical Group  Chaparral Medical Group Inc  Chaparral Medical Group Inc  Subhash C Varshney MD  Talbert Medical Group  Frank Utzurrum MD  Fouad Tawadrous MD  Derek M. Dobalian MD  Borworn Rattidham MD  Gupta & Gupta MDs  Hezekiah N Moore MD Mission Viejo, CaliforniaUpcoming Local Events2012-05-28
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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 Mission Viejo
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