Asthmatic Bronchitis Glossary

Bronchial:
Of the bronchus (plural: bronchi), affecting the bronchi.

Bronchial Asthma:
An obstructive lung condition due to the Heightened sensitivity of the lung tubes, where due to the reversible Obstruction one experiences difficulty in breathing.

Bronchitis:
An inflammatory condition of the bronchus or bronchi.

Asthmatic bronchitis:
Bronchial inflammatory condition in children suggestive of Hyperresponsiveness of the lung tubes producing the narrowing of the air passage leading to tube spasm and hence the difficulty in respiration.

Dyspnea:
Difficult respiration

Bronchus:
One of the two branches of the trachea, the main air-pipe joining the nose and the lungs.

Trachea:
The main air-pipe, which bifurcates into two bronchi, each, going to the respective lung.

Alveoli:
A sac-like an end organ of the bronchioles where oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged.

Bronchioles:
One of the millions of small end-branches of the bronchi, which transports oxygen.

Written & Approved by-

Dr. Rajesh Shah

M.D. (Hom.)