pneumonia and if there are significant a i ays - ""7, 4‘

radiological changes of pneumonia. environs

24.3 BRONCHIAL ASTHMA moulds ci
smoke etc
Bronchial asthma is a chronic inflaramatorN can get v
disease of the airways resulting from hyper infections
reactivity of the airways to a -variety of stimuli.
It is characterized by repeated attacks of cough 2. Clinic
along with respiratory distress, which reverses The class
either spontaneously or with some rilciic,Itions wh ce7c
like nebulized bron And ilators, syturtotm
The hallmark of hronclii,d J\,tiuni. i s hildren
wheezing which 14.4histi lug sound product:kJ p c i s i s t c r i t
-
wh en the now (),1 am from thc k)HifIl1/4:1Cd CflHSt 0
due to narrowilv d thc \ --rnol I all -ways. \.\\ het/mt.: \\hccie.
n h o n t a Ki t - Cti - 1(,)c , C(1)L.‘ M
crtse ,Ht1-1111,1. 111. iliC There ilii:
11 I rci'd of Int...Ali
(hinny mil
of Oh: L,11114:11 hay my 1Iik-du
nlay hc JudiNic HI I Hid('
about, (mc-I I 1 11(1 breaiiim
than ptic_../
identify \vhcc/HIL.
asthma
AlthotiTh
receivi
,
whcc/iril 111\ ,hould remeinhcrcd
t h a t w h c c / m i L l C n bC p r e s e n t i n o t h e r considet
also. Whcciinc he precrit pncuni(ffila
3.
(especiitliv viLd pnc.nimonias). hronchiolitis, Eyiat
foreign body as-piration. concrestive heart failure,
A ee
in
,
 a is not known. Clinical
sYmpi owls fasthma may be produced following
viral infections or exposure to allerge ns :
I
ntection or an alleroen ,causes narrowing of
the airm.-.3‘ hv threc mech isms:

etc.
I. Etiology
Exact Cause of as