Ce este astmul bronsic?

Inflamaia n astm

Astmul = boal inflamatorie

Inflamaia determin:
bronhoconstricie
hiperreactivitate/rspuns
exagerat al cilor aerifere
rezult simptome

Tratamentul inflamaiei
esential in astm

Adapted from National Institutes of Health Global Initiative for Asthma: Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention:
A Pocket Guide for Physicians and Nurses. Updated 2005. Publication No. 02-3659. Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health,
2005; Bjermer L Respir Med 2001;95:703719.

Astmul este o boala

severa
Cele mai frecvente trei cuvinte
folosite de pacienti pentru a descrie
criza astmatica sunt:

Lipsa de aer
Sufocare
Frica.

1.

Fighting for Breath - A European patient perspective on Severe Asthma.

Available on European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients Associations website
-www.efanet.org/activities/documents/Fighting_For_Breath1.pdf

La ce renunta pacientul
(netratat),
din cauza astmului?

Interviuri telefonice: UK (n=200), Italia (n=100), Franta (n=101), Germania (n=100), Spania (n=100), Canada (n=101) si Australia (n=100) Noiembrie 2003