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Dr. Lisa R. Pavlovic, MD is a pediatrician in Bridgeport, CT specializing in general pediatrics. She graduated from Eastern Virginia Medical School. Dr. Lisa R. Pavlovic, MD is affiliated with Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, Yale New Haven Health and Yale Medicine, Yale New Haven Children s Hospital.
Yale Medicine, Yale New Haven Children s Hospital
Yale Medicine, Yale New Haven Children s Hospital
Yale Medicine, Yale New Haven Children s 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. Lisa R. Pavlovic, MD graduated from Eastern Virginia Medical School. She completed residency at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. She has a state license in Massachusetts.
Medical School: Eastern Virginia Medical School
Residency: Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
Licensed In: Massachusetts
Dr. Lisa R. Pavlovic, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:
Dr. Lisa R. Pavlovic, MD appears to accept the following insurance providers: CorVel, Great-West Healthcare, WellCare, MultiPlan, Community Care Network (CCN), United Healthcare, Aetna, TRICARE, Oxford Health Plans, Medicare, Consumer Health Network, Medicaid, Humana, Cigna, Anthem, ConnectiCare, Focus Health Solutions, Prime Health, First Health, Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS), COMPWORKS, HEALTHCARE VALUE MANAGEMENT, MANAGED COMP, HUSKY and PREFERRED HEALTH WORKS.
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Dr. Lisa Pavlovic specializes in general pediatrics and practices in Bridgeport, CT, New Haven, CT, and Greenwich, CT. Clinical interests for Dr. Pavlovic include schooling, child abuse, and asthma. She is an in-network provider for several insurance carriers, including Anthem, ConnectiCare, and Blue California. Her residency was performed at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. In addition to English, she speaks Spanish. She is professionally affiliated with Lawrence + Memorial Hospital. Yale New Haven Health reports that Dr. Pavlovic is accepting new patients at her office in BRIDGEPORT, CT.
