條氣唔順、點算好?- 我們確實需要有強力的部.......
小娟確是個不折不扣的生命鬥士,雖然她不時病發要入院治理和身體開始出現類固醇的副作用[如外貌肥胖、滿面暗瘡…],但她仍努力找尋工作機會。最近她找到了一份在迷你倉做文員的工作,最初大家都為她感到十分高興,但卻發覺她多了嚴重哮喘病發,進一步了解她的工作環境才知道那處幾乎等同密室! 就算貨倉發出什麼異味,由於無從得知客人究竟存全了什麼物品,所以很難防避。在放假的日子,她的哮喘病徵就會大大改善,這是很典型的Work aggravated asthma [10]。由於她的病情開始失控,無可奈何只能勸她辭職。
在用盡了現行的治療方案唯有寄望新的藥物[如Anti-IL4,5,8及13…] ,只可惜可以在臨床上應用的時刻遙遙無期,相反另一種新的治療方案[Bronchial thermoplasty][11,12] 可望在一兩年內在港試用,它的原理像將一個小型”辣雞” 放入氣管辣死其肌肉,因此氣管不再收窄.
面對如小娟般的嚴重哮喘病[Severe
asthma],我們確實需要事先有強力的部署[13],用自己所知最好的方法去應對,否則我們作為醫護人員到時可能變得手足無躁。
***為保障個人私隱及達到教育效果,因此文中案例可能由真實及/或虛構病例改編而成***
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