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Dr. Supinda Bunyavanich, MD is a pediatric allergist and immunologist in New York, NY specializing in pediatric allergy & immunology and adult allergy & immunology. She graduated from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Supinda Bunyavanich, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Health System and Mount Sinai Queens The Mount Sinai 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. Supinda Bunyavanich, MD graduated from Harvard Medical School. She completed residency at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is certified by the American Board of Allergy & Immunology and has a state license in Massachusetts.
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
Board Certification: American Board of Allergy & Immunology
Licensed In: Massachusetts
Dr. Supinda Bunyavanich, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:
Dr. Supinda Bunyavanich, MD appears to accept the following insurance providers: Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS), Cigna, 1199SEIU, Group Health Incorporated (GHI), EmblemHealth, MagnaCare, Oscar, Empire BlueCross BlueShield, United Healthcare, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, Medicaid, Medicare - NY, AETNA - Medicare, Centivo, Oxford - Freedom and Liberty, AETNA - Commercial and Medicare - NJ.
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Dr. Supinda Bunyavanich's areas of specialization are general practice, pediatric allergy & immunology, and adult allergy & immunology; she sees patients in New York, NY. Areas of expertise for Dr. Bunyavanich include drug allergy, hay fever (allergic rhinitis), and asthma. Blue California, Empire BlueCross BlueShield, and Oscar appears to be the insurance carriers that Dr. Bunyavanich takes. She attended Harvard Medical School and subsequently trained at Massachusetts General Hospital for residency. Dr. Bunyavanich has received distinctions including Child Asthma in Urban Settings (CAUSE); Clinical Research Center National Institutes of Health (NIH) Research Project Grants (R01s); and Harvard Medical School Shore Award for Scholars in Medicine. Dr. Bunyavanich (or staff) is conversant in Spanish and Thai. She is affiliated with Mount Sinai Health System. She welcomes new patients at her office inNew York, NY as reported by Mount Sinai Health System.
