Inhaled Steroids: First Line Treatment of Adult Asthma
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For and against. Should steroids be the first line treatment for asthma?
FOR Evidence for the inflammatory basis of asthma comes from bronchial biopsies, which show inflammation of the mucosa even in patients with mild intermittent asthma. Mucosal oedema and excess mucus production cause reduction in the lumen and obstruction to airflow. Bronchospasm occurs as the natural “foreign body” response to irritation caused by inflammation, the bronchi become hyperactive an...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Respiratory Journal
سال: 1995
ISSN: 1198-2241
DOI: 10.1155/1995/170230