{"id":619,"date":"2019-04-19T08:17:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T06:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unitedpharmacies.md\/blog\/?p=619"},"modified":"2019-04-23T22:21:58","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T20:21:58","slug":"bronchial-asthma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unitedpharmacies.md\/blog\/bronchial-asthma\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronchial asthma: treatment, classification and diagnosis of asthma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"en-US\">Bronchial asthma is a chronic inflammatory non-infectious disease of the respiratory tract. It is characterized by a violation of bronchial patency. It is accompanied by a spasm of smooth muscle in response to surrounding irritants. Most often irritants are allergens<\/span>.<span lang=\"en-US\"> Allergens can be different substances.<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">Possible types of allergens: eggs, chocolate, fish, honey, strawberries; odorous substances, flowers, pet hair.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">According to WHO, 235 million people suffer from asthma. Bronchial asthma is also one of the most common chronic diseases in children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">Smokers are in the risk category; people leading a sedentary lifestyle; and also those who work in production and are in contact with a large number of antigens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">Symptoms of bronchial asthma:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">&#8211; cough with viscous sputum and loud whistling wheezes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">&#8211; feeling of lack of air, asthma with difficulty breathing out. Such attacks often occur at night. They may be preceded by nausea, pruritus, tickling in the nose and throat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">&#8211; severe shortness of breath during exercise<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>Classification of bronchial asthma<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">Doctors differentiate phenotypes (according to external manifestations and properties) of bronchial asthma:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">neutrophilic asthma &#8211; increased concentration in the sputum of neutrophils (a type of white blood cells)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">eosinophilic asthma &#8211; increased concentration in the sputum of eosinophils (a type of white blood cells)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">mixed granulocytic<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">asthma \u2013 high concentration eosinophils and neutrophils in sputum<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">paucigranulocytic asthma &#8211; inflammation is not associated with an increase in the number of eosinophils and neutrophils in sputum<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">The academic community also highlights clinical asthma phenotypes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">allergic asthma &#8211; it is influenced by a hereditary factor that provokes the emergence of other allergic diseases that are signs of eosinophilic inflammation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">non-allergic asthma &#8211; no relationship with allergens<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">asthma in obesity &#8211; it is accompanied by mild eosinophilic inflammation of the airways<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">aspirin-induced asthma<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">exercise-induced<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">asthma<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>Diagnosis of bronchial asthma<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">Allergy tests are a screening diagnostic method.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">Also, doctor can prescribe analysis of sputum to check whether it has a high concentration of eosinophils (a subtype of blood leukocytes).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">Another diagnostic subtype is the study of respiratory function &#8211; spirography.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">In addition, the doctor should assign a number of laboratory tests, such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">complete blood count (CBC)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">blood chemistry<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">analysis for the determination of specific antibodies identified to the allergen<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">helminth test<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">CT (computed tomography)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>Treatment of bronchial asthma<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">The first step is to eliminate the effects of irritating allergens. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">Also some medications can be used:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">antihistamine (antiallergic) drugs &#8211; can relieve an episode of acute allergy symptoms;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">glucocorticoids &#8211; prevent and stop an attack of bronchial asthma (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedpharmacies.md\/Apo-Prednisone-Prednisone.html\">Apo-Prednisone<\/a>);<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">bronchodilators &#8211; expand the bronchi (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedpharmacies.md\/Aminophylline-Aminophylline.html\">Aminophylline<\/a>);<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\">combined drugs (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedpharmacies.md\/Aerocort-Inhaler-Beclomethasone-Dipropionate-Levosalbutamol.html\">Aerocort<\/a>).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bronchial asthma is a chronic inflammatory non-infectious disease of the respiratory tract. 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