An above-50 painter came with his foreman. He has had severe shortness of breath for the last 3 days. This problem wasn't for the first time for him. He received treatment from another clinic before. This time he tried some of the medicines he was prescribed previously. Having no relief, he decided to revisit a doctor.
It was a case of acute exacerbation of bronchial asthma. The paint-work was most likely the main aggravating factor here, besides some other factors such as drinking ice-cold water, exposure to dust, etc. The foreman (who was an Indian) and the patient already knew that the recent painting work could have worsened the symptoms. However, when I was trying to tell the patient about changing his job from painting work to something else, he asked me in our native language not to say so! He was afraid that due to his illness, the company might cancel his visa and send him back to Bangladesh!
In any allergic condition (Bronchial asthma, in a broad term, is one kind of allergic condition), avoiding the aggravating factor is the main treatment option. Without getting protection from it, drug management alone can't give satisfying outcomes. Despite knowing that, this helpless worker has to work with something that will put his life in jeopardy in the future! He wanted effective drug management and I prescribed him accordingly!
This patient of mine was suffering from severe breathing difficulties. It required steroid injection, and nebulization to give him some relief. On the other hand, I am quite well, alive, healthy, and thriving, Alhamdulillah.
How about you?
A random and completely unrelated photograph to the text above. It's captured by me with my Samsung M31
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