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Bronchial Thermoplasty: A Novel Therapeutic Approach to Severe Asthma
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2010
Bronchial thermoplasty is a non-drug procedure for severe persistent asthma that delivers thermal energy to the airway wall in a precisely controlled manner to reduce excessive airway smooth muscle. Reducing airway smooth muscle decreases the ability of the airways to constrict, thereby reducing the frequency of asthma attacks.
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Murine Model of Allergen Induced Asthma
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Cited by 51 •
2012
Experimental mouse models of allergic asthma offer new possibilities for studying disease pathogenesis and developing new therapeutics. These models are well suited to measuring factors governing the allergic immune response, airway inflammation, and pulmonary pathophysiology.
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Asthma-I: Introduction
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2024
Asthma is a chronic respiratory ailment that requires careful management due to its varying symptoms and influencing factors. It is characterized by airway inflammation, bronchial hyperresponsiveness, and reversible airflow obstruction, leading to symptoms like wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing. The symptom frequency and intensity may vary considerably over time. It is also linked to immune system responses to allergens and irritants, highlighting the complex...
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Asthma I: Introduction
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2026
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways characterized by variable airflow obstruction and heightened bronchial responsiveness to a wide range of triggers. The underlying inflammation leads to airway swelling, mucus hypersecretion, and smooth muscle constriction, all of which narrow the airway lumen and impede airflow. Clinically, asthma presents with recurrent episodes of wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing, symptoms that typically vary in intensity and...
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Asthma: Pathogenesis and Management
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2024
Asthma is a chronic pulmonary condition involving inflammation of the airways, hyper-reactivity, and reversible obstruction of the airways. This condition can significantly impact a person's quality of life, making breathing difficult and leading to distressing symptoms. Asthma is classified as allergic and non-allergic. Allergens such as dust mites, pollen, and pet dander trigger allergic asthma, while factors like cold air, intense emotions, or exercise can induce non-allergic asthma.
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Airway inflammation and bronchoconstriction can each contribute to breathing problems, so management addresses both rather than treating symptoms alone. Prescribed controller medicines are commonly used to reduce these variable airway changes over time. This combined focus matters because a person may otherwise continue to experience impaired breathing or remain vulnerable to worsening disease despite partial symptom improvement.
Correct inhaler technique helps ensure that a prescribed controller medicine can be used as intended. If technique is poor, ongoing symptoms may reflect ineffective use rather than an appropriate treatment plan alone. Clinicians therefore consider technique when evaluating control and deciding whether management needs adjustment, alongside symptoms, activity limitations, lung function, and exacerbation risk.
Symptom reports show how asthma affects daily life, while lung-function assessment provides information about airway obstruction. Considering both gives clinicians a broader picture than either measure alone. A person with limited reported symptoms may still have clinically important obstruction or future exacerbation risk, which is why control assessment includes both current experience and potential outcomes.
Clinicians review symptoms, activity limitations, airway obstruction, and any exacerbation risk, then incorporate lung-function findings and management factors such as inhaler technique and trigger exposure. They use these control measures to distinguish the current level of control and adjust the treatment plan. Regular reassessment helps determine whether the plan is maintaining control or requires modification.
Treatment adjustment is relevant when symptoms, activity limitations, airway obstruction, or exacerbation risk indicate that control is not adequate. Clinicians also examine potentially correctable contributors, including incorrect inhaler technique and ongoing trigger exposure. This approach avoids relying on symptom relief alone and supports a care plan tailored to the person’s current control pattern and prevention needs.
Asthma control measures are useful beyond documenting symptoms because they connect clinical findings with practical outcomes. Better control can support daily functioning and reduce urgent medical visits, while risk assessment helps identify people who may be vulnerable to severe attacks. In medicine, these findings guide individualized plans that balance immediate symptom relief with long-term prevention.