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Dr. Pauline Ahn, MD is a pediatrician in Skokie, IL specializing in general pediatrics. Dr. Pauline Ahn, MD is affiliated with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Advocate Health Care and Kids First Pediatric Partners.
4709 Golf Road Suite 900
Skokie, IL 60076
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 Loyola University Affiliated Hospitals. She has a state license in Illinois.
Residency: Loyola University Affiliated Hospitals (2020)
Licensed In: Illinois
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Dr. Pauline Ahn, MD appears to accept the following insurance providers: HFN, Blue Advantage PPO, Humana PPO, Aetna Medicare PPO, PHCS PPO, Aetna Choice POS II, Medicare Advantage, MultiPlan PPO, Blue Cross PPO, AARP, Blue Advantage HMO, CIGNA Choice Fund PPO, Blue Cross Medicare Advantage PPO, United Healthcare Select Plus POS, Coventry PPO, United Healthcare Options PPO, Humana National POS - Open Access, United Healthcare Choice Plus POS, Humana HMO, Aetna, Unicare PPO, Humana Platinum HMO, TRICARE Prime, Aetna POS, Aetna QPOS, United Healthcare, Aetna Open Choice PPO, Aetna Open Access HMO, Humana, Cigna, Community Care Network (CCN), TRICARE, Coventry, Aetna Open Access Aetna Select, Aetna Select, Humana Premier HMO, Humana National HMO, Humana National EPO, HealthLink PPO, Aetna Choice POS, United Healthcare Navigate HMO, First Health, Aetna EPO, Humana ChoiceCare PPO, Aetna PPO, HFN EPO, Aetna HMO, HFN PPO, HFN Platinum EPO, HST Care Connect PPO, Blue Cross Community MMAI, Health Alliance Employee EPO, AAH UMR Select - Team Member Plan, HST Care Connect EPO, SEIU - Local 4 HMO, Meridian, SEIU - Local 4 PPO, Blue Precision HMO, Union Medical (Local 1546) HMO, BlueCare Direct HMO, Blue Cross HMO Illinois, Blue Medicare Advocate Health HMO and AAH UMR Preferred - Team Member Plan.
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Dr. Pauline Ahn practices general pediatrics in Skokie, IL. Her areas of clinical interest consist of obesity, schooling, and immunization (preventive vaccines). Dr. Ahn is affiliated with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Advocate Health Care. Aetna EPO, Blue California, and Coventry seem to be the insurance carriers that Dr. Ahn accepts. Dr. Ahn completed her residency training at a hospital affiliated with Loyola University.