Background: Asthma is a growing problem worldwide and the limitations of the current therapy for allergic asthma highlight the need for novel therapeutics. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to find out the role of probiotics in the treatment of Asthma. <stron...

siveness (BHR) and physical activity. Several hypotheses are invoked to explain this association, including a suggestion that physical activity reduces bronchial inflammation by altering airway physiology. Their major hypothesis is that obesity reduces physical activity and that it is this reduction in physical activity which causes, in some mysterious way, the increase in BHR observed. Their p...

siveness (BHR) and physical activity. Several hypotheses are invoked to explain this association, including a suggestion that physical activity reduces bronchial inflammation by altering airway physiology. Their major hypothesis is that obesity reduces physical activity and that it is this reduction in physical activity which causes, in some mysterious way, the increase in BHR observed. Their p...

BACKGROUND The incidence of asthma is increasing at an alarming rate and while the current available therapies are effective in the majority of patients they fail to adequately control symptoms at the more severe end of the disease spectrum. In the search to understand disease pathogenesis and find effective therapies animal models are often employed. As exposure to house dust mite (HDM) has a ...

The prevalence of GERD increases in asthmatics compared with normal controls. The prevalence of GERD in asthmatics is estimated at between 34% and 89%5,12-16, which probably reflects the variation in GERD definition and populations studied. Although a proportion of patients with GERD have no obvious symptoms, data showed that, among the asthmatics, 77%, 55%, and 24% experienced heartburn, regur...

including prick (epicutaneous) with a mix of Aspergillus species and if negative, intradermal at 1000 PNU/mL, Aspergillus fumigatus (Af). Sera were analyzed for total IgE (elevated is $417 kU/L) by Phadia ImmunoCap, anti-Af IgE and anti-Af IgG (ABPA range $ 2.0) ELISA, and precipitating antibodies. HRCT of the lungs was ordered next if serology was positive (diagnostic criteria for ABPA require...

allergic asthma is a complex and chronic inflammatory airway disease. interleukin-17 is a pro-inflammatory cytokine which plays critical role in the pathogenesis of allergic asthma. it has been reported that β-arrestin2 regulated the development of allergic asthma at a proximal step in the inflammatory cascade. in this study, the influence of β-arrestin2 on interleukin-17 production and express...

including prick (epicutaneous) with a mix of Aspergillus species and if negative, intradermal at 1000 PNU/mL, Aspergillus fumigatus (Af). Sera were analyzed for total IgE (elevated is $417 kU/L) by Phadia ImmunoCap, anti-Af IgE and anti-Af IgG (ABPA range $ 2.0) ELISA, and precipitating antibodies. HRCT of the lungs was ordered next if serology was positive (diagnostic criteria for ABPA require...

asthma is the most prevalent chronic disease in childhood. to determine the prevalence of asthma and related symptoms in children younger than 5 years, a survey was performed by interviewing mothers of 617 children during spring 2001. the interview comprised of two parts. the first part contained children characteristics including age, sex, maternal age at the child birth, child history of atop...

Background: Asthma is the most common chronic respiratory disease and a leading cause of school absenteeism. Awareness, attitude, and knowledge of asthma can play an effective role in controlling this disease and its consequences. Accordingly, this study aimed to determine the level of asthma awareness among primary school teachers in Zanjan. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was...