How mild is mild asthma?

How mild is mild asthma?

Nineteen asthmatic volunteers underwent methacholine-induced asthma to the point when tightness in the chest was just sensed (threshold symptom). Changes in the following indices of lung function were measured--static lung volumes, forced expiratory volume in one second, and airways conductance. The increase in airways resistance necessary for threshold detection was at least double that previo...

How much is too much? The treatment of mild asthma.

Mild asthma.

Copyright © 2013 Massachusetts Medical Society. A 20-year-old college student with a history of asthma and allergic rhinitis, which were diagnosed in childhood, presents with cough and tightness of the chest that interfere with his sleep three or four times per month. He requires albuterol two or three times per week. He enjoys playing tennis but generally wheezes after a match. Last year, duri...

Patients With Mild Asthma*

Background: Conflicting results from previous studies on the effect of bronchial challenge on ven¬ tilatory patterns in asthmatics may be due to airflow obstruction present before induction of bron¬ chospasm onset, as well as the different degrees of bronchoconstriction induced. Purpose and methods: We examined the ventilatory response to stepwise increments in respiratory resistance (Rrs) indu...

is serum or sputum eosinophil cationic protein level adequate for diagnosis of mild asthma?

spirometry has been used as a common diagnostic test in asthma. most of the patients with a mild asthma have a fev1 within normal range. hence, other diagnostic methods are usually used. the aim of this study was to evaluate whether eosinophil cationic protein (ecp) could be an accurate diagnostic marker of mild asthma. in this study diagnosis of asthma was made according to internationally acc...