Subtypes and Diagnosis of Asthma in Pulmonology
Asthma is classified into subtypes based on chronicity, severity, and responsiveness to treatment, ranging from chronic low-grade airway obstruction to life-threatening exacerbations, with distinct clinical entities defined by triggers, symptom pattern, or treatment resistance. Diagnosis rests on demonstrating reversible airways obstruction, established either clinically through response to treatment or objectively via physiological testing, blood markers, imaging, and provocation testing, distinguishing asthma from other causes of airway disease.
Subtypes and Diagnosis of Asthma in Pulmonology
Asthma is classified into subtypes based on chronicity, severity, and responsiveness to treatment, ranging from chronic low-grade airway obstruction to life-threatening exacerbations, with distinct c…