Bronchial Asthma

Bronchial Asthma: A Genetic, Population and Psychiatric Study presents the main theories of the cause of asthma which states that attacks occurred as a result of pathological changes in the lungs, heart, or large vessels. It discusses that spasms and paralysis of the bronchi were produced by nervous or humoral changes, or from bronchial exudation. Organized into 15 chapters, this book starts with an overview of the relationships between bronchial asthma and several conditions commonly regarded as allergic in nature, including hay fever, eczema, vasomotor rhinitis, urticarial, gastro-intestinal allergy, and psoriasis. This text then discusses the Weinberg genealogical proband method. Other chapters explore the inherited susceptibility of the bronchial tree to dysfunction, be it inflammation, as with bronchitis, or spasm, as with asthma. The final chapter deals with the inquiry using the Weinberg genealogical proband technique into the genetics of bronchial asthma. This book is a valuable resource for physicians, dermatologists, and allergists.

PrefaceChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. MethodsChapter 3. Are the Series ComparableChapter 4. Asthma in Relatives of Asthma and Control ProbandsChapter 5. Chest AilmentsChapter 6. Hay Ever and Vasomotor RhinitisChapter 7. Skin DiseasesChapter 8. Psychiatric Contributions to the Study of Bronchial AsthmaChapter 9. Psychiatric IllnessChapter 10. Deceased Relatives of Asthma and Control ProbandsChapter 11. The Prevalence Rates of Diseases in the Two PopulationsChapter 12. The Heredity of Bronchial AsthmaChapter 13. The Mode of Inheritance in Bronchial AsthmaChapter 14. Some Criticisms and SuggestionsChapter 15. Summary and Conclusions