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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