[Answered]: Your patient has lower respiratory tract S/S…

Your patient has lower respiratory tract S/S including dyspnea, coughing, and a feeling of tightness/pain associated with the chest. These symptoms are particularly common and more severe when outside exercising as the patient often does in the springtime. What treatments may be indicated for this patient and why? There are three correct answers. Regardless of the treatment given, it would be best to administer the medication via the inhalation route. This ensures that the drug is delivered where it needs to be (lungs) and minimizes the risk of systemic adverse effects. A definitive diagnosis of COPD, asthma, or other pulmonary condition must be made before having any idea how to treat the patient since all lung conditions are treated with completely different and unrelated medications Corticosteroids may be useful to this patient for prevention of these