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How to ease reactive airways in 16 year old teen with viral induced asthma?
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Medication: Severe cases need steroids for clearance.steroid : inhaled or via nebulizer or in severe cases even oral or injected . Wheezing may need albuterol.We would need to follow the progress to ensure clearance and avoid secondary bacterial infection
Answered 10/22/2014
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