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PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF ASTHMA

Respond Bronchospastic

• Within minutes after exposure to the allergen, a deterioration of

cell mass along with the release of inflammatory factors

(histamine, prostaglandins, leukotriene) occurs.

• Where it causes contraction of the smooth muscle of the bronchial

wall, increases blood capillary permeability, mucus secretion, and

activation of neuronal reflexes