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Dr. Shirley Yunqi Jiang, MD is a physician provider in Atherton, CA specializing in physician and adult allergy & immunology. She graduated from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), David Geffen School of Medicine in 2020 and has 6 years of experience. Dr. Shirley Yunqi Jiang, MD is affiliated with Stanford Medicine Children's Health and Stanford Health Care.
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. Shirley Yunqi Jiang, MD graduated from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), David Geffen School of Medicine in 2020. She completed residency at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. She is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine and has a state license in California.
Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), David Geffen School of Medicine (2020)
Residency: Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (2023)
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine (2023)
Licensed In: California
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Dr. Shirley Jiang is a fellowship-trained allergist and immunologist with the Stanford Health Care Allergy, Asthma, and Immunodeficiency Clinic in Atherton. She is also a clinical assistant professor of allergy and immunology in the Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine.
