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Action plan to help patients with lung disease cope with wildfire smoke

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A multidisciplinary team of UC Davis Health experts are calling on health systems to create wildfire preparedness action plans to support patients with preexisting respiratory diseases.

Poor air quality from wildfire smoke can have adverse impacts on health, especially for those with chronic lung disease like asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.

As climate change progresses, wildfires are now a yearly expectation in the United States .

The authors of the article are urging health systems to replace reactionary approaches with collaborative, innovative, and proactive approaches.

"The patients have been so grateful to receive this proactive approach," says Reshma Gupta .

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