Adapted with permission from [7]. Case 1: A 51-year-old patient with asthma diagnosed 9 years ago presents with fever, expectoration of mucus plugs and increasing breathlessness. She has been ...

In addition to bronchospasm and inflammation, mucus production can play a role in asthma. The lungs produce thick mucus, ...

Courtesy of Michael Kahn Synthetic Molecule Turns Off Asthma-Invoking Protein Asthma's trademark is a complex inflammatory response in the lungs that produces swelling and mucus, therefore making it ...

Asthma is a condition that happens when your airways become narrow and swollen and produce excess mucus. This can make it hard for you to breathe and may cause coughing, wheezing, and shortness of ...

The usual presentation is with poorly controlled asthma. Patients may also present with expectoration of mucus plugs, hemoptysis, constitutional symptoms and radiological opacities. Patients may ...