Dictionary of Allergies .. Breathlessness or dyspnoea
Breathlessness or dyspnoea
The prime symptom of asthma. It results from the increased work of breathing necessary to overcome intrabronchial frictional flow resistance. The main causes of increased flow resistance are bronchospasm, mucosal edema and obstruction by secretions.
Γκέλης Ν.Δ. - Λεξικό Αλλεργίας - Εκδόσεις ΒΕΛΛΕΡOΦΟΝΤΗΣ - Κόρινθος 2013
Gelis Ν.D. - Dictionary of Allergies - VELLEROFONTIS Publications - Corinth 2013