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Dr. Elizabeth C. Tepas, MD, MS is a pediatric allergist and immunologist in Boston, MA specializing in pediatric allergy & immunology and general pediatrics. She graduated from Dartmouth Medical School. Dr. Elizabeth C. Tepas, MD, MS is affiliated with Massachusetts General 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.
Dr. Elizabeth C. Tepas, MD, MS graduated from Dartmouth Medical School. She completed residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is certified by the Allergy & Immunology, American Board of Allergy & Immunology and has a state license in Massachusetts.
Medical School: Dartmouth Medical School
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
Board Certification: Allergy & Immunology, American Board of Allergy & Immunology
Licensed In: Massachusetts
Dr. Elizabeth C. Tepas, MD, MS is associated with these hospitals and organizations:
Dr. Elizabeth C. Tepas, MD, MS appears to accept the following insurance providers: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, MultiPlan, United Healthcare, Tufts Health Plan, Aetna, TRICARE, Medicare, Medicaid, Humana, Railroad Medicare, Coventry, Cigna, Blue California, Beech Street, WellPoint, Medicare ACO, WellSense, Senior Whole Health, Fallon Health, Commonwealth Care Alliance, Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare, Maine Community Health Options, Mass General Brigham Health Plan, MassHealth and WellSense NH.
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Dr. Elizabeth Tepas is a pediatric allergy & immunology and general pediatrics specialist in Boston, MA and Newton, MA. Her areas of expertise consist of immunodeficiency, asthma, and atopic dermatitis. Blue California, Coventry, and Viant appears to be the insurance carriers that Dr. Tepas takes. Before performing her residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Tepas attended Dartmouth Medical School. She is affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital.
