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Dr. Nita Vangeepuram, MD is a preventive medicine doctor in New York, NY specializing in preventive medicine, general pediatrics, general practice and public health & general preventive medicine. She graduated from UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School. Dr. Nita Vangeepuram, MD is affiliated with Mount Sinai Health System and Mount Sinai Queens The Mount Sinai Hospital.
1468 Madison Avenue 4th Floor
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.
Dr. Nita Vangeepuram, MD graduated from UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School. She completed residency at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. She is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and has a state license in New York.
Medical School: UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Residency: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center (2004)
Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics
Licensed In: New York
Dr. Nita Vangeepuram, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:
Dr. Nita Vangeepuram, MD appears to accept the following insurance providers: Horizon NJ, Magnacare-Health Care, EmblemHealth - HIP, Oscar, Fidelis Health Care, HealthFirst Medicaid, United Health Care - Empire Plan, AETNA - Medicare, Affinity Medicaid-Medicare-Essential Exchange, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare, Humana Medicare, CIGNA Healthcare, 1199 SEIU, Metroplus, Multiplan PHCS, EmblemHealth - GHI-PPO, Centivo, Medicare - NY, Oxford - Freedom and Liberty, Medicare - NJ and Hotel Trades.
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Dr. Nita Vangeepuram's specialties are general practice, public health & general preventive medicine, and general pediatrics. Dr. Vangeepuram is affiliated with Mount Sinai Health System. According to Yext, she is currently accepting new patients at her office in New York, NY.
