Bronchial Asthma

Andriy Lepyavko, MD, PhD

Department of
Internal Medicine № 2
Methods of investigation
• Objectively: Tachypnoe with prolonged
expiration, wheezing, dry rales
• Sputum analysis: eosinophils, Kurshman spirals
(mucus from small bronchi), Sharko-Leiden
crystals (enzymes of eosinophils)
• General blood analysis: mild leucocytosis,
eosinophilia
• Spyrometry: decreased FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC,
increased daily variability
Comparative Flow-Volume Loops at
Asthma