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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.
Expert & Community Posts
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By Todd Eisner , Health Expert...regurgitation up the esophagus, and down the trachea in the bronchi (aspiration) resulting in... Read more »
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By Fred Little , Health Expert...asthma, and some studies have shown that their airways (bronchi) undergo "remodeling." This... Read more »
Dr. Eisner Q&A #8
By Todd Eisner , Health Expert...and causing episodes of micro-aspiration into the bronchi. The second is because of the position... Read more »
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By Todd Eisner , Health Expert...mouth, and fall into the trachea, irritate the bronchi and lungs equivalent to a... Read more »
COPD and asthma: What's the difference?
By David Kaufman, M.D. , Health Expert...diseases, with most patients affected by both chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Less common... Read more »
Health Guide
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 »Bronchoscopy with transbronchial biopsy
Biopsy - lung - bronchoscopic Normal Values The trachea and bronchi normally appear pink and smooth and have minimal secretions and no foreign bodies, growths,... Read more »Pneumonia: Introduction
...forces many particles back out of the body.Tiny particles that reach the small tubes in the lungs (bronchioles) are trapped in a thick, sticky substance called mucus. The mucus and particles are... Read more »Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease: Introduction
...oxygen is exchanged in the lungs.The two major diseases in this category are emphysema and chronic bronchitis, both covered in this report. Asthmatic bronchitis, the other major COLD, is a... Read more »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 »
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