c. Triad Asthma. As the name implies, triad asthma includes three elements at
the same time: aspirin (ASA), indomethacin (Indocin), and yellow food dye.
(1)
Signs/symptoms of triad asthma include:
(a) Respiratory distress.
(b) Cough.
(c)
Flushing--redness of skin.
(d) Cyanosis (bluish or grayish skin from oxygen poor blood).
(e) Apprehension.
(f)
Tachycardia (rapid pulse).
(g) Perspiration.
(h) Flaring of nasal alae (outer side of each nostril).
(i)
Dyspnea (labored or difficult breathing).
(j)
Wheezing (quite audible or absent).
(2) The patient may have difficulty breathing and exhibiting these signs of
respiratory distress:
(a) Dyspnea.
(b) Wheezing.
(c)
Hyperresonance (very loud body sounds).
(d) Rhonchi.
(e) Wheezing in a particular part of the body indicating an obstruction
by a foreign body or a tumor in the area. If a patient is wheezing, it is not safe to say
that the patient has asthma. Not every person who wheezes has asthma. Wheezing
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may also be caused by:
1 Acute left heart failure (cardiac asthma).
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2 Smoke inhalation.
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