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Dr. Jacqueline Laughlin Steele, MD is a pediatrician in White Plains, NY specializing in general pediatrics and general practice. She graduated from University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Dr. Jacqueline Laughlin Steele, MD is affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian, ColumbiaDoctors and ColumbiaDoctors at NewYork-Presbyterian The One.
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. Jacqueline Laughlin Steele, MD graduated from University of Connecticut School of Medicine. She completed residency at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She has a state license in New York.
Medical School: University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Residency: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Licensed In: New York
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Dr. Jacqueline Laughlin Steele, MD appears to accept the following insurance providers: Emblem/GHI, Emblem/Hip, MVP Health Care, WellCare, Multiplan, AETNA, UnitedHealthcare, Affinity Health Plan, Magnacare (National), Medicare, CIGNA, Local 1199, Fidelis Care, Healthfirst, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus, VNSNY CHOICE, World Trade Center Health Plan, Amida Care, GHI PPO, CIGNA PPO, CIGNA POS, CIGNA HMO, Blue Shield PPO, Aetna Signature Administrators, CIGNA EPO, Blue Shield HMO, Blue Shield EPO, Medicaid Managed Care, United Healthcare POS, United Healthcare HMO, Aetna POS, Vytra, United Healthcare, HIP EPO, Great-West Healthcare, Medicaid, Oxford HMO, Empire BlueCross BlueShield HMO, HIP PPO, HIP POS, HIP HMO, Empire BlueCross BlueShield PPO, Aetna EPO, Aetna PPO, Aetna HMO, Medicare - Traditional Medicare, VNSNY CHOICE - Medicare Managed Care, World Trade Center Health Plan - World Trade Center Health Plan, Healthfirst - Child/Family Health Plus, Healthfirst - Leaf (Exchange), AETNA - Medicare Managed Care, VNSNY CHOICE - Special Needs, MVP Health Care - Essential Plan, AETNA - NY Signature, Empire Blue Cross - EPO, MVP Health Care - HMO, Healthfirst - Medicare Managed Care, AETNA - Student Health, Amida Care - Special Needs, VNSNY CHOICE - SelectHealth and MVP Health Care - Child/Family Health Plus.
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Dr. Jacqueline Steele works as a general practice and general pediatrics. According to Yext, new patients are welcome to contact her office in White Plains, NY.
