Dr. Joseph Inglefield, MD

Key Points about Asthma Medications
There are two general classifications of asthma medications including long-term control medications and quick-relief medications. Quick-acting bronchodilators are used for symptom relief and as a pre-treatment for exercise-induced asthma. Anti-inflammatory agents play an essential role as controller medicines, taken even when symptoms are not present. Inhaled corticosteroids are commonly used anti-inflammatory medicines.They prevent and decrease inflammation and reduce the need for quick-r...

Will a Child Get Asthma If One or Both Parents Have It?
Your baby will not necessarily have asthma or allergies. However, a child is more likely to develop asthma or allergies if one parent has either; the risk is greater if both parents have allergy or asthma. You may delay the onset of eczema or food allergy by the diet recommendations under our pregnancy section; respiratory allergies may be delayed by not exposing your infant to indoor allergens and by carrying out house-dust mite avoidance measures in the nursery. Do not expose your infant to sm...

Thoughts on COPD
For thousands of people, living with a chronic breathing problem is something that they don’t have to put up with because we can often diagnose the cause of the breathing problems. Chronic breathing problems can occur due to being a tobacco smoker, a worker in a dusty or environmentally poor industry, or because of inherited respiratory disease.  People with allergies often have asthma associated with their troubles breathing.  The problem is that those who suffer from these cond...

Allergy Relief with Immunotherapy
At Hickory Allergy, Asthma & Sinus Clinic, we provide you the relief you deserve! Feel free to play with your pet again or get back to enjoying the outdoors without suffering from constant sneezing and stuffy nose. We offer allergy shots to help you keep you allergies in place. Allergy shots decrease sensitivity to allergy-causing substances so that exposure to the offending allergens (pollen, dust, molds, etc) will result in fewer symptoms. This does not mean that allergy shots are a substi...

Asthma in Adults & Children
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease in which airways narrow when they overreact to certain stimuli. Asthma is present even when symptoms are not. At Hickory Allergy, Asthma & Sinus Clinic, we can help you get back to breathing better. Take control of your asthma and give us a call to schedule your consultation. We help manage asthma in adults and children in Hickory, NC. Underlying inflammation keeps airways irritable and increases re-activity to triggers. Consequently, asthma is tr...