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Drugs used to treat asthma and COPD include agents that block inflammation and dilate bronchi?
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∙ 14y ago
Yes, this opens up the passageways for more air
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What disease in which the trachea and bronchi swell you and stimulates suffocation?
Asthma is the disease that affects the trachea and bronchi and causes them to swell and stimulates suffocation. Symptoms of asthma can include wheezing, shortness of breath, and coughing.
What airways close during asthma attacks?
During asthma attacks, the bronchi narrow. The bronchi connect your trachea and bronchioles, which lead to your alveoli.
How do you classify asthma?
You can classify asthma as a chronic inflammatory disease of the bronchi (airways) in the body. Types of asthma include extrinsic and intrinsic. It is also classified according to the frequency and severity of symptoms.
Does asthma affect any of these structures windpipe bronchi bronciholes alveoli and capillaries?
It affects the bronchi.
What Spasm and narrowing of bronchi leading to airway obstruction?
Asthma: spasms and narrowing of bronchi leading to airway obstruction
Respiratory passageways narrowed by bronchiolar spasms?
Asthma: spasms and narrowing of bronchi leading to airway obstruction
What is the involuntary contraction of the bronchi called?
Known as a bronchial spasm or asthma.
What kind of pathogens causes asthma?
Asthma is not caused by an infection. It is a chronic recurrent inflammatory condition of the lungs marked by acute bronchospasm and inflammation of the bronchi and bronchioles, causing difficulty breathing and wheezing. While some infections (particularly viral pulmonary infections) can cause wheezing, they do not cause asthma. Most people will have no further wheezing once over their illness.
What causes inflammation of the lungs?
asthma or smoking , iteration
Difficulty in breathing wheezing and swelling of the mucous membranes lining the bronchi are signs of?
bronchial asthma
What is lagundi?
Lagundi is a large common shrub that grows in subtropical and tropical regions that include the Philippines. The plant is used in herbal medicine to treat illnesses that include arthritis, inflammation, asthma, headaches, and fevers.
Can a person with asthma have a asthma attack if there is red pepper in a season they eat?
I don;t think red pepper causes an asthma attack. An asthma attack is caused by something constricting the bronchi in the lungs. Red pepper can cause an allergic reaction.
