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Dr. Charles Mac Bergman, MD is a trauma surgeon in Brooklyn, NY specializing in trauma surgery, pediatric critical care and general practice. Dr. Charles Mac Bergman, MD is affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital.
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.
He is certified by the Pediatrics and has a state license in New York.
Board Certification: Pediatrics
Licensed In: New York
Dr. Charles Mac Bergman, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:
Dr. Charles Mac Bergman, MD appears to accept the following insurance providers: AETNA, United Healthcare, Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP), Oxford Health Plans, GHI, Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield Healthplus, Aetna - NYP, Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield, CIGNA, UnitedHealthcare, VNSNY CHOICE, Health Insurance Plan of New York (HIP), United Healthcare, Aetna, Oxford Health Plans, Anthem and Group Health Incorporated (GHI).
According to our sources, Dr. Charles Mac Bergman, MD accepts the following insurance providers:
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Dr. Charles Bergman sees patients in New York, NY and Brooklyn, NY. His medical specialties are general practice, trauma surgery, and pediatric critical care. He has a special interest in asthma, traumatic brain injury, and respiratory failure. He usually honors Health Insurance Plan of New York (HIP), Anthem, and Blue California, in addition to other insurance carriers. Dr. Bergman has received the following distinction: Gold Humanism Honor Society, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. He is affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian. Yext reports that he is closed to new patients at this time.
