left:inflamed bronchial tube with contracted muscles and mucus discharge right:normal bronchial tube asth·ma (ăz′mə, ăs′-) n. A chronic inflammatory disease of the lungs characterized by a narrowing of the airways and attacks of wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath that are ...
136PA11 Frequency of bronchial asthma and distribution of its typesdoi:10.1016/0962-8479(95)90247-3V. Kosjerina OštrićTubercle & Lung Disease
Most women living with asthma are conscious of the seasons and specific allergies that might trigger their symptoms. They should be aware of their menstrual cycles as well. Shifting hormone levels can impact the state of their airways. So can pregnancy and menopause, when hormones and other thing...
Its anti-inflammatory activity may decrease the incidence of asthma symptoms. A large preliminary study has shown that young children with asthma experience significantly less wheezing if they eat a diet high in fruits rich in vitamin C. Dietary consumption of apples and selenium intake (assessed ...
Enormous progress in asthma research has been made in the past 50 years, including a greater understanding of its complex pathogenesis and new and more effective therapies. Consequently, the scientific literature has grown vast and can be difficult to integrate. With contributions from a distinguished...
Asthma is a multifactorial disease influenced by genetic and environmental factors. Because of its complicated nature, asthma treatment is a very difficult and exhausting process. Asthma can be categorized based on either phenotype (i.e., functional and physiopathological), severity (intermittent, mild...
Absolute risks were calculated by multiplying the relative risk and its 95% CI with the baseline risk. Two data sources were used to estimate baseline risk37: (1) the total event rate in the control group in the meta-analysis; and (2) risk-specific estimates from observational studies.2 Pr...
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways. Disease presentation varies greatly in terms of cause, development, severity, and response to medication, and thus the condition has been subdivided into a number of asthma phenotypes. There is st
and its incidence will rise by an additional 100 million people by 20252. The socio-economic costs of asthma are substantial due to the significant healthcare burden associated with the condition3,4. Between 5–10% of asthma patients have a severe form of the disease which is refractory to ...
Asthma is a complex disease with striking disparities across racial and ethnic groups. Despite its relatively high burden, representation of individuals of African ancestry in asthma genome-wide association studies (GWAS) has been inadequate, and true associations in these underrepresented minority groups...