Airway Inflammation Articles & Analysis
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Obesity is a metabolic condition resulting from an imbalance between the energy consumed and the energy expended. This is often caused by an increase in the intake of calorie-dense foods and a decrease in physical activity, leading to an abnormal build-up of fat. Such fat accumulation can have serious health consequences, raising the risk of chronic diseases like cardiovascular conditions, ...
Nitric oxide is a gas found in exhaled breath that indicates airway inflammation commonly found in eosinophilic asthma. The previous guidelines for asthma management from NICE recommended FeNO testing alongside other objective tests, such as spirometry and peak flow. ...
The incidence of landscape fires has been rising globally, leading to increased exposure to landscape fire smoke (LFS) among millions of people. The inhalation of particulate matter (PM) from LFS is associated with adverse respiratory and cardiovascular outcomes. However, the mechanisms by which LFS impacts these functions remain inadequately understood. This blog focuses on a new ...
It is a point-of-care device for assessing airway inflammation in patients with respiratory problems. With over 45 million NIOX® tests undertaken to date, the system is used by healthcare professionals around the world to help improve asthma care. ...
Asthma is a complex disease with genetic and environmental factors that lead to airway inflammation, resulting in excess mucus in a patient's airway, which causes coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath. ...
The current findings build on the team's 2012 studies on the same cohort of mothers and children and reporting that children exposed to DEP or BBzP had elevated risk of asthma-related airway inflammation and prenatal exposure to BBzP was associated with elevated risk of childhood eczema. ...
” After inhaling house dust, mice that were able to respond to flagellin displayed all of the common symptoms of allergic asthma, including more mucous production, airway obstruction, and airway inflammation. However, mice lacking a gene that detects the presence of flagellin had reduced levels of these symptoms. ...