title: [Environmental etiological factors in atshma in adults (author's transl)].
abstract: Clinical, immunological, and functional investigations were conducted to study possible specific factors involved in the etiology of asthma in adults. The authors emphasize the frequency of positive skin, radio-immunologic and bronchial provocation tests for domestic pneumallergens in patients with common asthma, even those over 40 years of age. These cases improve in a protected environment and may benefit from immunotherapy. In patients with clinical manifestations suggesting possible occupational etiological factors the same tests can be used to diagnose the presence of a wide variety of vegetable or animal allergens. Tests involving exposing the bronchi to various chemical compounds used during working conditions (antibiotics, plastic precursors, metals, hair preparations) show that there exists a wide variety of causes. Systematic search for etiological factors is essential when investigating asthma in adults.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D001986:Bronchial Spasm / Q000276:immunology; D004777:Environment; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D011852:Radioallergosorbent Test
vernacular_title: La recherche des facteurs étiologiques de l'environnement dans l'asthme de l'adulte.