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Asthma: Pathological Changes, Clinical Manifestations, and Prescribed Medicine

   

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Asthma
Name of the student:
Name of the university
Author note:
Asthma: Pathological Changes, Clinical Manifestations, and Prescribed Medicine_1

Julia White
Female
Case study
Healthy
weight
range
Asthma
as
medical
condition
Lives with
her family
with husband
and children
History of
allergy
Non
smoker
Non
alcoholi
c
Prescribed
medicine
Asthma: Pathological Changes, Clinical Manifestations, and Prescribed Medicine_2

Pathological changes during asthma attack
Trigged factor
(allergen)
Airway
inflammation
(Maryn &
Weenink, 2015).
Ig E mediated
hypersensitivity
reaction
Vasodilatation of
mast cell
Smooth bronchial
muscle
contraction
Mucous
production
due to
vasodilatati
on
Narrow
airway and
muscle
tightening
Wheezing ,
coughing,
shortness of
Asthma: Pathological Changes, Clinical Manifestations, and Prescribed Medicine_3

Asthma patient
Figure : comparison between normal airway and
asthmatic airway
Source: (Ferreira et al., 2014)
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