Respiratory Care
Compressor nebulizers, hand-held ultrasonic nebulizers and oxygen therapy products! We offer many products such as Invacare nebulizers IRC1190, and IRC1192. Also the latest portable ultrasonic nebulizers such as the Omron NEUO3V, and the hand held NEC21 compressor nebulizer. Pulse oximeters by Respironics 950 and invacare IRC735, IRC700, and IRC725.
Up to 5% of the US population suffers from asthma, a respiratory condition characterized by airway inflammation, airway obstruction (at least partially reversible), and airway hyperresponsiveness to such stimuli as environmental allergens, viral respiratory-tract infections, irritants, drugs, food additives, exercise, and cold air. It is also the most common medical diagnosis among hospitalized children. and leading causes for emergency care requirements, one of the leading causes for missed school and a cause for considerable morbidity, disability, and occasional mortality at all ages. Despite these discouraging statistics, there is convincing data indicating that this failure of asthma management is not the result of inadequate therapeutic potential, but instead represents a failure of effective medical care delivery.
The major underlying pathology in asthma is airway inflammation. Inflammatory cell -- eosinophils, CD4+ lymphocytes, macrophages, and mast cells -- release a broad range of mediators, including interleukins, leukotrienes, histamine, granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor, and platelet aggregating factor. These mediators are responsible for the bronchial hyperreactivity, bronchoconstriction, mucus secretion, and sloughing of endothelial cells. Because asthma is an inflammatory disease, early treatment is recommended for optimum long-term control. |
