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sprinkaan
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I'm confused.
As an asthmatic myself, I remember the feeling of not getting enough air into my lungs during attachs.
Now I'm studying the mechanisms and lung functions in asthma, and I repeatedly come across "expiratory obstruction" and "expirational wheeze" and "outflow obstruction".
My question is:
if your airways are hyperresponsive and/or hypersensitive and you have bronchoconstriction (either in atopic or non-atopic asthma) then why is the obstruction more on inspiration than expiration.
My mind just can't get around it.
If you have a narrowed airway, surely air should struggle as much getting in as getting out...??
Thank you for helping!
As an asthmatic myself, I remember the feeling of not getting enough air into my lungs during attachs.
Now I'm studying the mechanisms and lung functions in asthma, and I repeatedly come across "expiratory obstruction" and "expirational wheeze" and "outflow obstruction".
My question is:
if your airways are hyperresponsive and/or hypersensitive and you have bronchoconstriction (either in atopic or non-atopic asthma) then why is the obstruction more on inspiration than expiration.
My mind just can't get around it.
If you have a narrowed airway, surely air should struggle as much getting in as getting out...??
Thank you for helping!