Sökning: "Bronchial Hyperreactivity: diagnosis"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden Bronchial Hyperreactivity: diagnosis.

  1. 1. Patients with asthma-like symptoms but negative asthma tests and patients with bronchial asthma

    Författare :Karin Ringsberg; Töres Theorell; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Asthma-like symptoms; bronchial asthma; coping; dyspnoea; education; hyperventilation; lung function; physical exercise; quality of life; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Sammanfattning : Patients with asthma-like symptoms but with negative results in asthma tests have recently been identified. The symptoms are mainly triggered by strong odours, physical exercise and mental stress. These patients are often misdiagnosed and mistreated. They mostly have to find coping strategies by themselves. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Diagnosis of dog allergy in children : molecular assessment and refined characterization

    Författare :Ulrika Käck; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :;

    Sammanfattning : Dog allergy is a common cause of rhinitis and asthma in children, yet the diagnosis is a clinical challenge. Allergic sensitization, i.e. the presence of serum IgE antibodies, to dog dander affect up to 30 % of all children and adolescents, but not all sensitized children display symptoms. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Mast cell activation disorders : a liaison between anaphylaxis and mastocytosis

    Författare :Theo Gülen; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : The term mast cell activation disorders (MCAD) comprises a broad spectrum of heterogeneous conditions, such as mastocytosis, characterized by inappropriate mast cell activation/accumulation. The patients present with protean clinical manifestations and severity grade of symptoms may vary from case-to-case. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Asthma in school age : prevalence, incidence and remission in relation to environmental determinants

    Författare :Martin Andersson; Eva Rönmark; Bertil Forsberg; Per Nafstad; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; asthma; wheeze; environment; prevalence; incidence; remission; vehicle traffic; sensitization; Occupational and Environmental Medicine; arbets- och miljömedicin;

    Sammanfattning : Background In the past half-century, the prevalence of asthma among children and adolescents has risen and asthma has become an important public health challenge in Sweden as well as in many other countries, necessitating further studies on this complex disease and its risk factor pattern. The studies included in this thesis aimed to investigate the clinical expression of childhood asthma over time, to describe the determinants of new-onset and remission of asthma, and to evaluate possible environmental risk factors in northern Sweden. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Pollinosis in children with special reference to the development of asthma

    Författare :Hosne Ara Ferdousi; Leif Rosenhall; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Sammanfattning : Children with rhinoconjunctivitis and increased bronchial hyperreactivity (BHR) are prone to develop asthma later in life. Eosinophil granule proteins in serum are indirect measures of eosinophil activity and regarded as markers of inflammation. LÄS MER