Bronchospasm

BRONCHOSPASMS - The involuntary constriction or narrowing of the airways (bronchioles) in the lung, manifest by wheezing. See wheezing.
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Bronchospasm
A bronchospasm is an acute bronchoconstriction.
Bronchoconstriction
An airflow limitation due to contraction of smooth airway muscle.
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For treating bronchospasm:
Adults and children 4 years of age and older—1 to 2 inhalations (puffs) every four to six hours.
Children up to 4 years of age—Dose must be determined by your doctor.
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Because severe bronchospasm can occur with inhalation challenge testing, you will be closely monitored during and after the test.
Exercise stress tests ...
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albuterol, Ventolin, Proventil - Specifies the medication albuterol (Ventolin, Proventil) a drug used in the relief and prevention of airway obstruction (bronchospasm) in patients with asthma and in patients with exercise-induced asthma.
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Xopenex (levalbuterol HCl) inhalation solution Indication: for use with a nebulizer in the treatment or prevention of bronchospasm in adults and adolescents 12 years of age and older with reversible obstructive airway disease.
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Muscles within the breathing passages contract (bronchospasm), causing even further narrowing of the airways.
This narrowing makes it difficult for air to be breathed out (exhaled) from the lungs.
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bronchospasm (asthma) ...
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It involves swelling and inflammation of the airways, and reversible tightening of the tiny muscles that surround the airways (bronchospasm).
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In this procedure, you inhale a medication (usually methacholine) to see if it provokes a measurable contraction of the airway muscles (bronchospasm). People with asthma are more sensitive to this medication.
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