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Topic: Bronchial Asthma

Related:
  Asthma    Allergy Asthma  
  Asthma symptoms    Asthma causes  
  Asthma Medication    Asthma Treatment  
  Asthma Attacks    Asthma Child  
  Asthma Triggers    Childhood Asthma  
  Exercise Induced Asthma    Picture of asthma  

 
 
 Vital Stats
The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Favorite possession(s):Smallpox vaccine
Personality:Nervous,  Easily addicted,  Depressive
Currently has on their coffee table:Men's Health magazine
Dream job(s):Nurse
Favorite body part(s):Lungs,  Skin,  Heart
Favorite activity(s):Taking drugs,  Sleeping,  Sleepwalking sleepwalker
Favorite drink(s):Milk
Medical note(s):Undergoing therapy,  Uses laxatives,  Taking Valium
Ultimate fantasy(s):Having severe anorexia
Worst habit(s):Smoking Marijuana,  Smoking
Favorite quote(s):"Fill what's empty , empty what's full, and scratch where it itches." - the Duchess of Windsor, when asked what is the secret of a long and happy life
 
 
 Expert Talk
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Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer

Asthma is like a snowball that begins with some wheezing and inflammation, then progresses to a much bigger problem with more severe inflammation and hyperresponsive bronchial muscles.
Asthma is a chronic respiratory disorder characterized by swollen airways and recurrent episodes of bronchial constriction that severely obstruct airflow in and out of the lungs.
Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster

Asthma is a reversible obstruction of the bronchial airways (tubes leading from the windpipe into the lungs and is caused by inflammation and mucous in the airways.
Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator

Asthma /Bronchial Asthma is a disease process that results from the increased responsiveness of the large breathing airway and small airways (in the lungs) to various stimuli.
Billie Kirgan,
Machinist

Bronchial asthma results from chronically inflamed small bronchi, which are rendered twitchy and prone to episodes of constriction.
Indications: Bronchial asthma, reversible bronchospasm associated with chronic, bronchitis and emphysema, congestive heart failure, pulmonary edema.
Bronchial asthma is and episodic allergic pulmonary disease.
Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist

The effect on bronchial hyperresponsiveness of clinical therapy for sinusitis in children may help to decipher whether sinusitis and asthma are independent manifestations of the same disease.
This is why bronchial provocation testing is sometimes required to actually diagnose asthma since routine pulmonary function studies may frequently be normal when a patient is doing well.
David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist

Asthma is a disease process involving widespread narrowing of the bronchi associated with wheezing and often spnea at rest The bronchial narrowing is a response to either inhaled, ingested, or parent rally administered antigens Asthma ay also be induced by bacterial or viral infections and is apparently a manifestation of an allergic response to some allergen produced by the infecting organism.
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways; inflammation caused by allergens, viral respiratory infections or other stimuli leads to bronchial hyperresponsiveness and obstruction of airflow.
Bronchial asthma, rhinitis (sensitive nose) and eczema (sensitive skin) in children are considered allergic diseases.
 
 
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