Is Bronchial Thermoplasty May Be the Future of Asthma Treatment

Is Bronchial Thermoplasty May Be the Future of Asthma Treatment

Some of the latest information from researchers concerning a proposed treatment of asthma called bronchial thermoplasy seems to be quite promising. The idea is to use a special probe that is then placed into the airway. Using radio-waves, the problem then modifies the muscle tissue in a way that limits it's ability to be triggered into spasm and close off.

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The device is called the Alair System and is from Asthmatx Inc. A bronchoscope is used to place the device into the airway which then is expanded against the airway walls. A controlled radio frequency is used to heat the airway smoothing the muscle making it more difficult to go into spasm in response to an irritation or inflammation.

While the jury is still out on this new treatment option, it does seem to work and is effectives for about a year. Other studies have suggested that the treatment may actually be viable for 2 years or so but more research needs to be done.

You might be interested in visiting ASTHMA INTERVENTION RESEARCH 2 TRIAL web site and viewing the video. The idea is my smoothing the muscle in the lungs, it may reduce the rate of recurrence and severity of asthmatic attacks.

A quick check on the forums and many asthma sufferers that post messages are skeptical however. They feel that this treatment option is probably a more expensive replacement for the more typical steroidal inhaler.

While being unconvinced that this new treatment may be nothing more than yet another medical device company enriching themselves at our expense, I think it's more better to at least consider that the bronchial thermoplasty procedure may be a significant step forward in the fight against asthma.

If nothing else, it may be of benefit for those asthmatics that cannot for one reason or another tolerate the existing medications. There are many people that have problems with the various steroid options and this may be the ticket they need for relief.

There's also the case against long term medication use. Although many drugs we take are without a doubt helpful, it certainly would be better health wise not to add these into our systems. If the Alair Bronchial Thermoplasty System can lower the incidence of attack, it is reasonable to assume the need for the medications to control those attacks would lessen. This, by anyone' measure is a good thing.

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Corticosteroid drugs -- Corticosteroids are a group of potent anti-inflammatory drugs similar to the natural corticosteroid hormones produced by the cortex of the adrenal glands. Among the disorders that often improve with corticosteroid treatment are asthma, allergic rhinitis, eczema and rheumatoid arthritis.

Rhinitis -- This is a clinical term for the following symptoms: nasal blockage (congestion), nasal discharge (runny nose), nasal itching and sneezing. The cause is typically infection (viral, mostly), allergy, structural, or the all-important 'other'. For more on rhinitis, read this fact sheet. Rhinitis often triggers flares in susceptible asthmatics, like my son for one. Ed has vasomotor rhinitis, which means he gets a runny nose for no explicable reason. :/