Asthma Exacerbation

The patient is suffering from an asthma exacerbation triggered by outdoor allergens. Her familial tendency plus medical history of Asthma directs the diagnosis to be acute exacerbation. Furthermore, some of the cues of an asthma exacerbation are what the patient is describing as chest tightness, expiratory wheeze, dyspnea and patient will go into respiratory distress and hypoxia as severity increases. Subsequently, respiratory acidosis will result as the patient continued to hyperventilate. In their studies, Tham et al mentioned an increased in asthma exacerbation symptoms in asthmatic patient and sensitized individuals due to outdoor fungal exposure (Tham et al., 2014). Bronchodilators will get rid of the constriction in the lungs, steroids
will decrease inflammation in the lungs, administering of 02 while she is in crisis and continuous oxygen saturation monitoring obtain from pulse oximetry. As a result, the patient will need a periodic function test. ABG’s is a definitive way to diagnose a problem in the blood with oxygen. Pulmonary function tests are needed to evaluate and diagnose lung function, Blood cultures and sputum studies to check for infection (McCance & Huether, 2014).