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Dr. Tabitha Jane Rubash, MD is a hospitalist in Lake Forest, IL specializing in hospital medicine (hospitalist) and general pediatrics. She graduated from Rush Medical College in 2003 and has 21 years of experience. Dr. Tabitha Jane Rubash, MD is affiliated with Northwestern Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital.
1000 N Westmoreland Road
Lake Forest, IL 60045
225 E Chicago Avenue Box 152
Chicago, IL 60611
25 N. Winfield Road
Winfield, IL 60190
800 W Central Road
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
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. Tabitha Jane Rubash, MD graduated from Rush Medical College in 2003. She completed residency at University of Michigan Affiliated Hospitals. She is certified by the Board Certification: General Pediatrics, Pediatric Hospital Medicine and has a state license in Illinois.
Medical School: Rush Medical College (2003)
Residency: University of Michigan Affiliated Hospitals (2006)
Board Certification: Board Certification: General Pediatrics, Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Licensed In: Illinois
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Dr. Tabitha Rubash is a specialist in hospital medicine (hospitalist) and general pediatrics in Winfield, IL, Arlington Heights, IL, and Chicago, IL. After attending Rush Medical College for medical school, she completed her residency training at a hospital affiliated with the University of Michigan. Dr. Rubash's areas of expertise include the following: newborn care and asthma. She is professionally affiliated with Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital.