Some histological changes in chronic bronchitis and asthma

Some histological changes in chronic bronchitis and asthma.

groups was hypertonicity of the bronchial wall, which was frequent in the asthmatics and absent in the chronic bronchitics. Mucus was scanty and viscous in the asthmatics and more abundant and watery in the chronic bronchitics. Hypersecretion of mucus occurred in both groups. In asthma the mucous hyperplasia affected chiefly the goblet cells. In chronic bronchitis the deeper bronchial glands we...

Chronic Bronchitis and Asthma in Cats

Bronchial biopsy in chronic bronchitis and asthma.

Chronic bronchitis is responsible for a greater annual mortality in Great Britain than any other single respiratory disease, and its incidence is far higher in this country than anywhere else in the world (Oswald, 1958), yet relatively few comprehensive studies of the pathogenesis of the condition have been published. Considerable attention has been paid recently to the factor of infection in c...

Serum and parotid salivary IgA in chronic bronchitis and asthma.

Siegler, D. I. M. and Citron, K. M. (1974). Thorax, 29, 313-316. Serum and parotid salivary IgA in chronic bronchitis and asthma. It has been suggested that immunoglobulin A (IgA) deficiency may be an important predisposing factor to infection in chronic bronchitis and that this occurs more often in extrinsic asthmatics than in normal subjects. These claims have been investigated by measurement...

Radiological pituitary fossa changes in chronic bronchitis.

Fourteen male patients with chronic bronchitis and hypoxia had a lateral radiograph of the pituitary fossa. Nine of the 14 had definite or probable abnormalities, a significantly higher frequency (p less than or equal to 0.01) than is represented by the two out of 14 age-matched men from a control group with head injuries. The most common change was thinning or erosion of the lamina dura. Patie...