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Dr. Mwia Mutua, MD is a family medicine practitioner in Chicago, IL specializing in family medicine and general pediatrics. She graduated from Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Mwia Mutua, MD is affiliated with St. Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center, The University of Chicago Medicine and UChicago Medicine.
47 W. Polk Street Suite G1
Chicago, IL 60605
5841 S Maryland Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
6307 South Stewart Avenue Suite 303
Chicago, IL
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. Mwia Mutua, MD graduated from Boston University School of Medicine. She completed residency at New York Medical College Affiliated Hospitals. She has a state license in Illinois.
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine
Residency: New York Medical College Affiliated Hospitals
Licensed In: Illinois
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Dr. Mwia Mutua's specialties are family medicine and general pediatrics. She practices in Chicago, IL. These areas are among Dr. Mutua's clinical interests: diabetes, hypertension (high blood pressure), and asthma. She is affiliated with The University of Chicago Medicine and St. Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center. She studied medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago and Boston University School of Medicine. Her residency was performed at a hospital affiliated with New York Medical College.
