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Dr. Anna Abbasi, MD is a pulmonologist in Manchester, NH specializing in adult pulmonology and critical care (intensive care medicine). Dr. Anna Abbasi, MD is affiliated with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC), Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H), Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinics, Catholic Medical Center (CMC) and Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester.
87 Mcgregor Street
Manchester, NH 03102
Asthma
Asthma is a chronic lung disease where the tissue and airways of the lungs become extremely sensitive to certain substances. When these substances are breathed in, the lungs become inflamed. The muscles around the airways tighten and squeeze the lungs, and passages within the lungs swell and tighten. The airways themselves produce mucus, which further clogs the tightened, swollen airways. A person having an asthma attack finds it very difficult to breathe, and a severe attack can even be fatal.
Asthma affects people of all ages, but people with asthma are most often diagnosed as children. Symptoms can include wheezing, a tight feeling in the chest, shortness of breath, and coughing. Some people have mild symptoms all the time, and some people have no symptoms at all, but everyone with asthma is susceptible to occasional severe attacks or flare-ups of symptoms when they are exposed to triggers. Triggers vary widely but can include:
Treatment for most asthma patients involves three steps. Patients learn what their asthma triggers are and avoid them. They take a daily control medication, usually an inhaled corticosteroid, to reduce inflammation in the lungs. Also, they have rescue medication with them at all times to take in case of a severe attack. These quick-acting inhaled medications relax the muscles around the airways and allow the lungs to open up for air.
There is no cure for asthma, but with treatment it should not interfere with daily life and activities.
She completed residency at Maimonides Medical Center. She is certified by the Board Certification: Pulmonary Disease and has a state license in New Hampshire.
Residency: Maimonides Medical Center
Board Certification: Board Certification: Pulmonary Disease
Licensed In: New Hampshire
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Dr. Anna Abbasi's medical specialty is critical care (intensive care medicine) and adult pulmonology. She completed her residency training at Maimonides Medical Center and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. In her practice, she is particularly interested in asthma, interstitial lung disease, and lung nodule. Dr. Abbasi is professionally affiliated with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinics, Catholic Medical Center (CMC), and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC).