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Asthma Terminology - Medical terms for asthma disease

Glossary of medical terminology used in asthma treatment

Definitions of asthma terms

Airways - Hollow tubes connecting to lungs, including the trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles.

Asthma - Chronic respiratory disease caused by allergy or heredity resulting in sudden attacks of forced breathing, wheezing, and coughing.

Attack - Episode. Worsened state of asthma.

Breathlessness - Serious difficulty in breathing creating a sense of suffocating.

Brittle asthma - Asthma attack with no or little warning resulting in life-threatening crisis.

Bronchi - Airways between the trachea and lungs.

Bronchial asthma - Asthma originating from the lungs.

Cardiac asthma - Asthma caused by hearth problems.

Challenge test - Test to find out hypersensitivity of bronchi.

Chronic - Long-lasting.

Edema - Swelling due to excessive fluids in cells.

Episode - Worsened state of asthma.

Extrinsic asthma - Asthma caused by external factors such as pollen, dust, etc.

Histamine - Chemical produced by body creating allergic reaction and inflammation.

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Intrinsic asthma - Asthma caused by internal factors such as emotions and reaction to some drugs.

Intubation - Placing a tube in the trachea to force air into the lungs to assist breathing.

Irritant - Substance causing asthma attacks.

Labile - Unstable, changing.

Nebuliser - Device that creates mist for asthma patients.

Nocturnal asthma - Asthma that occurs in the night.

Occupational asthma - Asthma caused by factors that exist at work place.

Preventer - Medicine preventing occurrence of asthma.

Pulmonary Function Test (PFT) - Series of test to determine respiratory problems.

Pulmonologist - Doctor specializing in respiratory system.

Reliever - Medicine eliminating symptoms of asthma.

Sinusitis - Inflammation of sinuses due to infection.

Spirometry - Measuring amount of air blown.

Status asthmaticus - Serious episode of asthma that inhalers cannot help.

Trigger - Anything that creates or worsen symptoms of asthma.

Wheezing - Whistling or hissing sound created while breathing by asthma patients due to inflammation of airways.