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Dr. Charles Mac Bergman, MD is a pediatric critical care specialist in Brooklyn, NY specializing in pediatric critical care. Dr. Charles Mac Bergman, MD is affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital.
506 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
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.
He is certified by the Pediatrics and has a state license in New York.
Board Certification: Pediatrics
Licensed In: New York
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Dr. Charles Mac Bergman, MD appears to accept the following insurance providers: Aetna - NYP, GHI, Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP), United Healthcare, Oxford Health Plans, Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield Healthplus and VNSNY CHOICE.
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Dr. Charles Bergman specializes in pediatric critical care and practices in Brooklyn, NY and New York, NY. Dr. Bergman has a special interest in trauma. He is professionally affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian. He is not accepting new patients at this time according to Yext.