Naghmeh Radhakrishna is a pulmonologist based at St Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Her work mainly focuses on breathing and lung health, but she also looks at how allergies and the gut can affect breathing over time.
In many cases, patients come in with ongoing problems like asthma and breathing flare-ups. She also supports people with eosinophilic asthma and eosinophilic pneumonia, which can be a bit harder to control and may need a careful, step-by-step plan. If someone has allergic rhinitis, that can still link back to the lungs, so she looks at the whole picture rather than just the symptoms of the day.
Naghmeh Radhakrishna also treats conditions where the immune system plays a role, including anaphylaxis. At times, patients feel unsure about what to do in the moment, especially when triggers are involved. She helps people understand what usually sets things off and how to reduce the chances of another reaction.
Breathing can be affected by more than the lungs. Reflux, including gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), can worsen coughing and asthma for some people. And grass allergy is another common trigger that can affect both the nose and the chest. She works to connect these dots and figure out what’s likely driving the breathing issues.
Her clinic approach is practical. She listens to what’s been happening, looks at prior test results when they are available, and then builds a plan that fits real life. That might include ways to manage asthma day to day, better control of allergy symptoms, and clear steps for what to do when things flare up. She aims to keep the plan simple enough to stick with, while still being thorough.
Over time, the goal is steady control, fewer flare-ups, and better breathing comfort. This includes checking response to treatment and adjusting when needed. She also stays across new ideas in lung care, including changes in how allergic and eosinophilic conditions are managed.
Staying informed matters, especially for conditions that can shift with seasons, stress, infections, or changes in exposure. While her focus is on patient care, she takes care to make sure treatment choices line up with current practice.
