[Asthma or asthma-like condition?].
Asthma is currently seen as an inflammatory disease of the airways. The clinical characteristics are any of a variety of airway symptoms occurring in conjunction with bronchial obstruction (which is reversible on treatment with beta 2-agonists or steroids) and bronchial hyper-responsiveness. The symptoms can be triggered by a variety of factors and the clinical picture is not uniform. The most common differential diagnoses are chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD) and asthma-like conditions unaccompanied by bronchial obstruction.
Löwhagen
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Allergicentrum, Sahlgrenska sjukhuset, Göteborg.
Ellbjär
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S
Jörgensen
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D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000503:physiopathology; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000503:physiopathology; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis