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Introduction
The word asthma originates from an ancient Greek word meaning panting. Essentially, asthma is an inability to breathe properly. When any person inhales, the air travels through the following structures:
- Air passes into the lungs and flows through progressively smaller airways called bronchioles. The lungs contain millions of these airways.
- All bronchioles lead to alveoli, which are microscopic sacs where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged.
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Health Guide
Asthma In Infants
...it enters a series of smaller tubes that branch off from the trachea. These branched tubes are the bronchi, and they divide further into smaller tubes called the bronchioles. It is in the bronchi... Read more »What is Asthma?
New Asthma Management GuidelinesIn 2005, the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma& Immunology (AAAAI) and the American College of Allergy, Asthma& Immunology (ACAAI) released joint... Read more »Bronchial adenoma
.........malignant tumors such as carcinomas and carcinoids of the airways. Alternative Names Bronchial gland tumors; Mucous gland adenoma; Bronchial carcinoid tumors; Adenocarcinoma... Read more »Bronchoscopy with transbronchial biopsy
............(granular tumor) Caseating granulomas Sarcoidosis Peribronchial granulomas Read more »Dry Powder Inhalers
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory condition that causes the airways (bronchi) to produce excess mucus and close, making breathing difficult. Treatment has two main objectives: first, to... Read more »
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