Kick Asthma: Webinar Series - Exercise-Induced Bronchoconstriction (EIB)

Presentation Objectives:

• Identify the mechanisms of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction
• Understand how to diagnose exercise-induced bronchoconstriction.
• Be familiar with the approach to management of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction.

Between 80 and 90 percent of patients with asthma have exercise-induced bronchoconstriction, a narrowing of the airways triggered by exercise. However, many patients will develop bronchoconstriction only during exercise. We will review how exercise leads to a narrowing of the airways and also how to diagnose and manage the disease.

Sharmilee Nyenhuis, MD, FAAAAI is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and practices the subspecialty of Allergy and Immunology for adults at UI Health and the VA. Dr. Nyenhius went to medical school at the University of Illinois at Chicago and stayed on for a residency in internal medicine. She completed a fellowship in Allergy and Immunology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She currently serves as the Director of the Allergy/Asthma/Immunology Program and is an affiliate faculty member of the Center for Dissemination and Implementation Science at UIC. She has been well funded for her work in addressing asthma disparities in underserved populations including older adults, minority children and adults with asthma and severe asthma by NHLBI, PCORI and foundation grants. Dr. Nyenhuis’ research program currently focuses on testing health promotion interventions among minority women with asthma and evaluating the implementation potential of these interventions.