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British expert invented "drug-free treatment" for asthma
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2016-09-21 11:48
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British expert invented "drug-free treatment" for asthma
British researchers recently invented a treatment for asthma without drugs, which is an important development in the treatment of asthma.
According to British media reports on the 30th, this new treatment is called bronchial thermoplasty. When performing this therapy, the doctor inserts a probe into the lungs of the patient under anesthesia to heat the tissues in the narrow bronchioles to destroy the smooth muscles in the bronchioles. Researchers have found that the bronchiolar channels of asthmatic patients are often much narrower than normal people. By destroying part of the smooth muscle in this channel, the chance of asthma attacks can be reduced.
According to the report, researchers at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom used this method to treat 112 patients with moderate and severe asthma between the ages of 18 and 65 in 4 countries, and found that their asthma attack rate was reduced by approximately 50%.
Paul Kris, who participated in the study, said that although this therapy provides a new option for patients who are difficult to control with drugs, it does not mean that this therapy can be widely used immediately because it is a This new technology requires further research on its efficacy.