Pharmacology Insights: Comprehensive Study of Therapeutic Drugs"
This collection offers an in-depth exploration of essential drug classes, providing detailed information on their mechanisms of action, therapeutic uses, side effects, and clinical applications.
,Disorders of Respiratory
Function
Main disorders of the respiratory system are :
1. Bronchial asthma
2. Cough
3. Allergic rhinitis
4. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD, also called emphysema)
, Asthma
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of
bronchial airways that result in airway obstruction
in response to external stimuli (as pollen grains, cold
air and tobacco smoke).
, Asthma
Asthma is characterized clinically by recurrent bouts of
shortness of breath
chest tightness &
wheezing,
often associated with coughing
Physiologically by;
widespread, reversible narrowing of the bronchial
airways and
a marked increase in bronchial responsiveness to
inhaled stimuli
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