Signs and Symptoms of Bronchial Asthma With bronchial asthma, you may have one or more of the following signs and symptoms: Shortness of breath Tightness of chest Wheezing Excessivecoughingor acoughthat keeps you awake at night Diagnosing Bronchial Asthma ...
This case study reports a 4-month-old infant who presented with signs and symptoms of mild upper respiratory tract infection. He later passed away unexpectedly at a hospital nursery. The parents were suspicious of child abuse and would like to bring charge against the hospital. They refused an...
Signs and Symptomsof Worsening Asthma.The sensation of chest tightness, wheezing, and difficulty breathing during days or nights are important signs that asthma is getting worse. Patients need to know that these symptoms are not “normal” for people with asthma and their appearance means that asth...
Patients are monitored similar to other bronchoscopy procedures and can be discharged the same day when vital signs and lung function are near normal levels. Patients return to their regular asthma-treating physician for continued asthma management. BT works with daily maintenance medi...
The floor materials were substituted to cork and the bedding to mite-free one, and reduction of mite allergens and improvement of the symptoms and signs of bronchial asthma were observed in two houses where there are children with bronchial asthma. Mite allergens were measured in the houses of ...
The study involved 169 people, of which 33 were practically healthy, 69 had bronchial asthma, 24 had bronchial asthma combined with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 35 had COPD and 8 had community-acquired pneumonia. We assessed the presence of IgE t...
Many asthmatics in primary care have mild symptoms and lack airflow obstruction. If variable expiratory airflow limitation cannot be determined by spirometry or peak expiratory flow, despite a history of respiratory symptoms, a positive bronchial challen
A diagnosis of childhood asthma is made on the basis of the patient's history, clinical symptoms, respiratory functions and allergic predisposition, after exclusion of other respiratory and cardiac diseases indicating similar clinical symptoms and signs. ...
The scarcity of comparisons with established medications consigns them to a second- or third-line role in treatment. They could be substituted at Step 2 or later stages of the current five-step regimen for asthma (see Fig. 28.1). There are no studies to justify their use as steroid-...
In special cases of asthma, bronchial dynamism is exacerbated while bronchial size is decreased, but this is not usually reported. Bronchoscopy is not performed during a paroxysmal phase, and therefore bronchial wall behavior during asthmatic attacks is not known. Local anesthesia is always difficult...