Asthma is a non communicable obstructive lung disease. It condition in which person's airways become inflamed, narrow, swell, and produce extra mucus, making breathing difficult. After being diagnosed with asthma patients not only suffer from physical symptoms but also mental disorders such as prolonged stress, anxiety disorders, depression, PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorders), fear panic al...

Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases. An estimated 300 million people worldwide suffer from asthma, with 250,000 annual deaths attributed to disease. Bronchial asthma inflammatory disorders respiratory tract causing a huge number annually. Increased industrialization and pollution are exacerbating factors for this situation. Tamaka Shwasa broad term, which includes many diseases wh...

Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA), formerly named Churg Strauss Syndrome, is a multisystem disorder characterized by chronic rhinosinusitis, asthma, and prominent peripheral blood eosinophilia; it is classified as a vasculitis of the small and medium sized arteries, although the vasculitis is often not clinically apparent in the initial phases of the disease. We present the c...

In its original concept, the term “allergy” was used to denote the changed state of the organism that followed the parenteral introduction of an antigen. Although the role of the adrenal corticoids in relation to this altered tissue state is not clear, it appears that in some way they interfere with tissue production of substances which are detrimental to cellular integrity, and thus permit a r...

Usually, hyperresponsiveness to inhaled methacholine is considered closely associated with a diagnosis of bronchial asthma. Recently, it has been clearly pointed out that bronchial hyperreactivity (BHR) is not a constant feature of asthma and that this condition is not always related to airways inflammation. In the present study we evaluated 42 Patients (21 positive and 21 negative for bronchia...

INTRODUCTION Bronchial asthma is a serious global health problem. 5% to 10% of persons of all ages suffer from this chronic airway disorder. This review article presents important considerations of diagnosis and treatment in view of the current national and international asthma guidelines. METHODS Selective literature review, with attention to the current national and international guidelines...

Background Bronchial asthma is a common and important cause of morbidity in adults. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that, the number of people suffering from asthma will exceed 100 million by 2025. Two recent national studies reported the burden of ‘selfreported’ and ‘diagnosed’ bronchial asthma to be 1.8% and 2.5% respectively in adult Indians. The diagnosis of Chronic Obstructiv...

It has been suggested that, in epidemiological studies, asthma should be defined as symptomatic bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR). This paper critically examines the validity of this and alternative methods of defining asthma by reviewing population-based studies validating BHR and symptom questionnaires against asthma defined on the basis of a clinical assessment. It is emphasized that a sin...

A cross sectional study was conducted among 1007 children aged 1-2 years, from padi farming area. The percentage of male children was 51.4%. The prevalence of at least one of the chronic respiratory symptoms was 12.81%, and the prevalence of chronic cough, chronic sputum, wheezing and bronchial asthma as diagnosed by doctors were 9.33%, 3.87% 5.36% and 3.38% respectively. The overall prevalence...