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Asthma: Word origin, Causes, Allergic asthma, Non-allergic asthma, Pathogenesis, inflammation of the bronchi, Bronchial hyperreactivity

Bronchial asthma (from Greek, "breath" and often simplistic just asthma), and is a chronic, inflammatory disease of the airways with lasting history of hypersensitivity. In vulnerable individuals, the inflammation leads to paroxysmal dyspnea caused by a narrowing of the airways - a so-called bronchial obstruction (definition of the international consensus report). This airway narrowing is caused by increased secretion of mucus, spasm of the bronchial and formation of edema of the bronchial mucos Read

By: Adithya Adi | 19/09/2009 | Diseases & Conditions