is it Asthma......

C.O.P.D.???
(Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder)

Stratification is vital....
The difference between COPD and asthma really lies in the pathophysiology, or the physical processes that lead to asthma symptoms. Both asthma and COPD result from inflammation and hyperactivity, but COPD inflammation results from macrophages and neutrophils (two types of white blood cells that are part of the immune response) and develops over many years. Inflammation from asthma, on the other hand, most commonly occurs over a shorter period and results from eosinophil. Asthma is a disease in which your airways become inflamed and irritable in response to an allergen. When this happens it becomes more difficult to move air in and out of your airways, which leads to asthma symptoms. In COPD, your lungs become damaged following exposure to certain irritants, most commonly due to chronic cigarette smoking. This chronic exposure and damage leads to airway obstruction and hyperinflation. While airflow in asthma is mostly reversible, airflow in COPD is only partially reversible. In fact, COPD is often misdiagnosed as asthma, leading to ineffective treatment and management of the disease.

Effects of Therapeutic Drug Over dosages*

*effects in red area, if dosage is not monitored and regulated

ECP for Effective Corticosteroids Planning*

In patients having inflammatory exacerbations of asthma, including development of bronchial hyperreactivity. ECP is elevated during exacerbation of extrinsic and intrinsic asthma in direct relationship to concomitant decrease in pulmonary function and increasing asthma symptoms. The elevated serum levels of ECP decline subsequent to effective therapy. Monitoring modulation of ECP levels may be useful in evaluating the treatment of asthmatic patients and as a marker for the efficacy of therapy. Several investigations have strongly suggested that serial determination of ECP in asthmatics may be especially useful as an inflammatory correlate to the mechanical abnormalities assessed by determination of pulmonary function in asthmatic patients.

Stratification is crucial for life

Ask for ECP - ...........To detect the culprit, for effective cure ECP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . w h e n s t r a t i f i c a t i o n i s v i t a l & m o n i t o r i n g i s c r u c i a l