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--- home:symptoms:respiratory [07.31.2013] – add note with recent experience by Lori with nebulizer joyful
+++ home:symptoms:respiratory [03.16.2017] – [Managing respiratory symptoms] sallieq
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-====== Managing respiratory symptoms     ======
+===== Emergency management =====
+<mainarticle> [[home:special:hospitals_emergencies|Hospitals and emergencies – For Patients]] </article>
+Emergency medical personnel should know that a patient is on the MP. The article [[home:physicians:emergency|Notice for health care providers]] provides information that emergency medical personnel need to know.
+==== Be alert for throat tightening ====
+Patients who feel throat tightening, a lump in the throat, or difficulty swallowing due to inflammation should take immediated measures to reduce immunopathology. If exacerbated respiratory symptoms threaten to close the airway, seek medical attention immediately.
+Swallowing is a process that requires correct functioning of the salivary glands, tongue, pharynx, larynx, esophogus and associated muscles and nerves. It is not unusual for people with sarcoidosis or other obstructive respiratory diseases to experience dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) as a symptom and as immunopathology.
+While dysphagia may begin abruptly, patients can be on the alert for alterations in the functioning of their throat and voice box that would signal they might also have a problem if you ate at that time. The vocal cords must be able to close properly to avoid choking.
+Avoid experiencing this intolerable immunopathology by maintaining the olmesartan blockade, thereby ensuring that olmesartan dosing doesn't lapse before one eats. It will probably be of limited benefit taking oral olmesartan at the time of dysphagia. However, chewing the tablet and [[home:mp:olmesartan:dosing#sublingual_administration|placing it under the tongue]] may provide faster symptom relief.
 <note warning>Patients at risk for respiratory problems should ask their physicians for a prescription for supplemental oxygen.</note>
+===== Managing respiratory symptoms =====
 A variety of strategies that do not involve medication are available for patients who have uncomfortable respiratory symptoms including breathing exercises, getting more fluids, rest, and others. Also, patients have reported relief taking guaifenesin, using [[home:othertreatments:bronchodilator_inhalers|bronchodilator inhalers]] ([[home:othertreatments:steroid_inhalers|steroid inhalers]] are contraindicated), and [[home:othertreatments:nebulizers|nebulizers]].  [[home:othertreatments:oxygen|Supplemental oxygen]] may be useful or necessary in some cases even though it may be needed only for a few hours a day for a few months.
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 Note that immunopathology may be mistaken for an upper respiratory infection.
-===== Emergency management =====
-<mainarticle> [[home:special:hospitals_emergencies|Hospitals and emergencies – For Patients]] </article>
-Emergency medical personnel should know that a patient is on the MP. The article [[home:physicians:emergency|Notice for health care providers]] provides information that emergency medical personnel need to know.
-==== Be alert for throat tightening ====
-Patients who feel throat tightening, a lump in the throat, or difficulty swallowing due to inflammation should take immediated measures to reduce immunopathology. If exacerbated respiratory symptoms threaten to close the airway, seek medical attention immediately.
-Swallowing is a process that requires correct functioning of the salivary glands, tongue, pharynx, larynx, esophogus and associated muscles and nerves. It is not unusual for people with sarcoidosis or other obstructive respiratory diseases to experience dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) as a symptom and as immunopathology.
-While dysphagia may begin abruptly, patients can be on the alert for alterations in the functioning of their throat and voice box that would signal they might also have a problem if you ate at that time. The vocal cords must be able to close properly to avoid choking.
-Avoid experiencing this intolerable immunopathology by maintaining the olmesartan blockade, thereby ensuring that olmesartan dosing doesn't lapse before one eats. It will probably be of limited benefit taking oral olmesartan at the time of dysphagia. However, chewing the tablet and [[home:mp:olmesartan:dosing#sublingual_administration|placing it under the tongue]] may provide faster symptom relief.
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