Dr. Laura Eve Maurer, MPH, MD is an internist in North Ridgeville, OH specializing in internal medicine (adult medicine). Dr. Laura Eve Maurer, MPH, MD is affiliated with Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Clinic Main Campus and North Ridgeville Medical Outpatient Center.
34960 Center Ridge Road
North Ridgeville, OH 44039
9500 Euclid Avenue Mail Code A90
Cleveland, OH 44195
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 Yale-New Haven Hospital. She is certified by the Allergy and Immunology Internal Medicine and has a state license in Illinois.
Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital (2020)
Board Certification: Allergy and Immunology Internal Medicine
Licensed In: Illinois
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Dr. Laura Maurer is a specialist in general internal medicine. Her clinical interests include immunodeficiency, allergy skin testing, and eye allergy (allergic conjunctivitis). She is professionally affiliated with Cleveland Clinic Main Campus. Dr. Maurer's residency was performed at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Patients gave Dr. Maurer an average rating of 5.0 stars (out of 5).