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Dr. Geraldine Rubin, MD is an adolescent medicine doctor in Keene, NH specializing in adolescent medicine and pediatrics (child & adolescent medicine). She graduated from SUNY, University at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences in 1992 and has 32 years of experience. Dr. Geraldine Rubin, MD is affiliated with Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H) and Cheshire Medical Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H) Keene.
580 Court Street
Keene, NH 03431
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. Geraldine Rubin, MD graduated from SUNY, University at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences in 1992. She completed residency at University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals. She is certified by the Board Certification: Pediatrics and has a state license in New Hampshire.
Medical School: SUNY, University at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (1992)
Residency: University of Utah Affiliated Hospitals (1995)
Board Certification: Board Certification: Pediatrics
Licensed In: New Hampshire
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Dr. Geraldine Rubin specializes in adolescent medicine and practices in Keene, NH. These areas are among Dr. Rubin's clinical interests: childhood obesity, asthma, and sports health. She is affiliated with Cheshire Medical Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock (D-H) Keene. She attended SUNY, University at Buffalo School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences and then went on to complete her residency at a hospital affiliated with the University of Utah.