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Dr. Esther Zujia Chen Etchison, MD is a pulmonologist in Minneapolis, MN specializing in adult pulmonology and critical care (intensive care medicine). She graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School. Dr. Esther Zujia Chen Etchison, MD is affiliated with Allina Health, Mercy Hospital and Mercy Hospital - Unity Campus.
Mercy Hospital - Unity Campus
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. Esther Zujia Chen Etchison, MD graduated from University of Minnesota Medical School. She completed residency at Loyola University Affiliated Hospitals. She is certified by the Board Certification: Pulmonary medicine and has a state license in Minnesota.
Medical School: University of Minnesota Medical School
Residency: Loyola University Affiliated Hospitals
Board Certification: Board Certification: Pulmonary medicine
Licensed In: Minnesota
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Dr. Esther Chen Etchison is a critical care (intensive care medicine) and adult pulmonology specialist in Minneapolis, MN and Coon Rapids, MN. In addition to English, she speaks Chinese. These areas are among Dr. Chen Etchison's clinical interests: asthma, interstitial lung disease, and sepsis (blood poisoning). Her professional affiliations include Mercy Hospital and Allina Health. She attended the University of Minnesota Medical School and subsequently trained at a hospital affiliated with Loyola University for residency.
