During an asthma flare-up, sometimes called an asthma episode or an asthma attack, symptoms like coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, and chest tightness get worse. People with asthma might go ...

NEW YORK, May 19 (UPI) --Finding and treating people with undiagnosed asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease improved their health and led to fewer appointments for respiratory symptoms ...

Participants completed up to 12 standard respiratory questionnaires and 11 spirometry lung function ... The progression in severity of asthma symptoms, and the overlap of symptoms seen in some ...

Individuals with early-onset COPD and rapidly progressive pre-COPD frequently have a decades-long history of impaired ...

Diagnose asthma if the eosinophil count is above the laboratory reference range or the FeNO level is 50ppb or more. 2. If asthma is not confirmed by eosinophil count or FeNO level, measure ...

In the long-awaited update, NICE, BTS and SIGN guidelines revealed significant changes to current approaches including the tests used to diagnose asthma. It advised GPs to use a stepwise series of ...

aiming to improve treatment accuracy and address higher asthma rates in minority children. Researchers have unveiled a groundbreaking nasal swab test for diagnosing specific asthma endotypes in ...

A chest X-ray cannot diagnose asthma but can provide valuable information during a severe attack or when someone is hospitalized with asthma complications. A chest X-ray can also differentiate asthma ...

The usual presentation is with poorly controlled asthma. Patients may also present with expectoration of mucus plugs, hemoptysis, constitutional symptoms and radiological opacities. Patients may ...

PITTSBURGH — A novel diagnostic test using just a nasal swab could transform how doctors diagnose and treat childhood asthma. Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have developed this ...

Diagnosing precisely what type of asthma a child has and fine-tuning the treatment for it involves an invasive procedure under general anesthesia. For children with mild asthma, it's just not ...