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Dr. Lauren M. Zajac, MPH, MD is a public health physician in New York, NY specializing in public health & general preventive medicine and general pediatrics. Dr. Lauren M. Zajac, MPH, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Health System and Mount Sinai Beth Israel The Mount Sinai Hospital.
1 Gustave L Levy Place
New York, NY 10029
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.
She completed residency at Montefiore Medical Center. She is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and has a state license in New York.
Residency: Montefiore Medical Center
Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics
Licensed In: New York
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Dr. Lauren Zajac's medical specialty is public health & general preventive medicine and general pediatrics. Dr. Zajac's areas of expertise include the following: preventive care, asthma, and lead poisoning. She is professionally affiliated with Mount Sinai Health System. Her medical residency was performed at Montefiore Medical Center. She has received distinctions including Awards; Chairperson American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Council on Environmental Health & Climate Change; and Delta Omega Honor Society in Public Health 2013 Chairman's Award for Research.
