BACKGROUND Asthma is a common chronic disease among young adults, and several studies have reported increased mortality rates in patients with asthma. However, no study has described sudden unexpected death in a nationwide setting in patients with uncontrolled asthma. We defined uncontrolled asthma as a previous hospital admittance because of asthma (of any severity) or when asthma was consider...

Work-aggravated asthma is an important and common subtype of work-related asthma. Air pollutants in the workplace are risk factors for triggering symptoms. can be caused by operating conditions work process, as well indoor outdoor air pollution. In this study, a case work-aggravated discussed. An office worker, who had been following up with diagnosis 6 years, was diagnosed The reason underlyin...

BACKGROUND Gastroesophageal reflux is common among patients with asthma but often causes mild or no symptoms. It is not known whether treatment of gastroesophageal reflux with proton-pump inhibitors in patients who have poorly controlled asthma without symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux can substantially improve asthma control. METHODS In a parallel-group, double-blind trial, we randomly ass...

Little information is available on associations between rhinitis and chronic bronchitis/emphysema (CBE). Self-reported upper airway symptoms, asthma, and CBE were examined in 12,079 adults living in southern Sweden. The response rate was 70% (n=8,469), of whom 33% reported significant nasal symptoms: a blocked nose was reported by 21%; sneezing by 18%; nasal discharge by 17%; and thick yellow n...

451 TheRelationship BetweenEmotional Cognition and the Symptom Gap inPatientswithBronchialAsthma: theEffects ofAlexithymia and Empathy Sonomi Nakajima. Clinical Psychology, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Suitashi, Japan. Background: When symptoms are poorly controlled, patients with bronchial asthma may show a symptom gap: a cognitive divergence between the true severity o...

BACKGROUND Many published epidemiologic studies confirm a marked increase in the prevalence of asthma and allergic rhinitis. The link between allergic rhinitis and asthma has been extensively studied and approximately 75% of patients with asthma have allergic rhinitis. The proportion of patients with asthma in populations of allergic rhinitis patients has not been well studied. OBJECTIVE The ...

451 TheRelationship BetweenEmotional Cognition and the Symptom Gap inPatientswithBronchialAsthma: theEffects ofAlexithymia and Empathy Sonomi Nakajima. Clinical Psychology, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University, Suitashi, Japan. Background: When symptoms are poorly controlled, patients with bronchial asthma may show a symptom gap: a cognitive divergence between the true severity o...

Asthma is a chronic respiratory disorder that affects over 7 million children in the United States. Evidence indicates that family stressors are associated with worsening of asthma symptoms, and some research suggests that these stressful experiences engender changes in children's immune systems in ways that exacerbate airway inflammation and contribute to both acute and chronic asthma symptoms...

BACKGROUND Symptoms of disease reported by patients reflect the effects of the disease process within the individual and the person's physical and mental ability to tolerate or otherwise cope with the limitations on their functioning. This study examines the relationship between asthma symptoms, disease severity, and psychological status in patients being managed in routine primary healthcare s...