[Answered]: Carina was diagnosed with asthma when she was 21…

Carina was diagnosed with asthma when she was 21 years old. She made sure she had a SABA (albuterol) to help when she started to wheeze or “feel tight” in her chest, but did not take any other medications to manage her respiratory disease. Over the past six months, she has been experiencing more frequent bouts of wheezing. She also feels like she is “always clearing my throat and it feels like stuff is coming up from my chest.” She sees her primary health care provider and is prescribed beclomethasone administered in a Redihaler. Describe two purposes of this inhaled corticosteroid to treat Carina’s asthma. a. b.