Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture by Freek J. Zijlstra, Ineke van den Berg-de Lange, Frank J. P. M. Huygen, Jan Klein

“…The attributive effect of acupuncture has been investigated in inflammatory diseases, including asthma, rhinitis, inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, epicondylitis, complex regional pain syndrome type 1 and vasculitis. …”
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Break through the mold: Hyper-IgE syndrome as a vehicle for invasive aspergillosis by Joseph Nordin, Stephen Smetana, Rachel Johnson, Angela Bartosiak, Nicholas Nassif

“…Hyperimmunoglobulin E syndrome (HIGES) is a rare immunodeficiency characterized by high levels of immunoglobulin E (IgE) in the setting of various clinical features such as cutaneous candidiasis, asthma, recurrent rashes, and fungal infections. This case describes a 70-year-old male with cachexia and dyspnea found to have a cavitary lesion and aspergilloma, with remarkably high IgE and positive 1,3-β-D-glucan and Aspergillus testing. …”
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Gut-Lung Microbiota in Chronic Pulmonary Diseases: Evolution, Pathogenesis, and Therapeutics by Chang Yi Shi, Chen Huan Yu, Wen Ying Yu, Hua Zhong Ying

“…Patients with chronic respiratory diseases, including asthma, COPD, bronchiectasis, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, often have alteration of the composition and function of intestinal and lung microbiota. …”
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Ear Infection and Its Associated Risk Factors, Comorbidity, and Health Service Use in Australian Children by Vasoontara Yiengprugsawan, Anthony Hogan

“…By age 10 to 11 years significantly reported comorbidities were tonsillitis (OR 4.67; P<0.001), headache (OR 2.13; P=0.006), and asthma (OR 1.67; P=0.003) and ear infection was found to be associated with the use of pediatrician (OR 1.83; P=0.031), other specialist (OR 2.12; P<0.001), and early intervention services (OR 3.08; P=0.010). …”
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Nutritional and Pharmacological Effects on Oxidative Stress in Soft Tissue and Bone Remodeling by Benjamin M. Savasky, David P. Mascotti, Naren Patel, Edgardo Rodriguez-Collazo

“…Oxidative damage is the causal link to a multitude of pathologies, such as diabetes, arthritis, neuropathy, heart disease, and asthma. These conditions affect hundreds of millions of people nationwide, and billions worldwide. …”
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Clinical and Epidemiological Characterization of Chronic Adenoiditis in Children by Daniel Reyes Concepción, Margarita Gómez Martínez

“…Personal and family history of asthma and respiratory allergies was the most frequently found. …”
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The Importance of Magnesium in Clinical Healthcare by Gerry K. Schwalfenberg, Stephen J. Genuis

“…Level I evidence supports the use of magnesium in the prevention and treatment of many common health conditions including migraine headache, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, asthma, premenstrual syndrome, preeclampsia, and various cardiac arrhythmias. …”
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Exposure to outdoor air pollution and its human health outcomes: A scoping review. by Zhuanlan Sun, Demi Zhu

“…Among the eight categorized health outcomes, asthma (category: respiratory diseases) and mortality (category: health records) were the most common ones. …”
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Design and Analysis of thermosyphon Solar Water Heating System. by Kakuru, Stephen

“…In rural areas of Uganda, access to affordable hot water is a persistent challenge with communities often relying on firewood and charcoal for water heating which contributes to deforestation, air pollution, and health hazards hence respiratory diseases like asthma, lung cancer, TB, and allergic disease, climate changes and global warming. …”
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PPARγ as a Potential Target to Treat Airway Mucus Hypersecretion in Chronic Airway Inflammatory Diseases by Yongchun Shen, Lei Chen, Tao Wang, Fuqiang Wen

“…Airway mucus hypersecretion (AMH) is a key pathophysiological feature of chronic airway inflammatory diseases such as bronchial asthma, cystic fibrosis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. …”
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Risk and protective factors associated with adolescent depression in Singapore: a systematic review by Wei Sheng Goh, Jun Hao Norman Tan, Yang Luo, Sok Hui Ng, Mohamed Sufyan Bin Mohamed Sulaiman, John Chee Meng Wong, Victor Weng Keong Loh

“…The four factors associated with adolescent depression identified were: (1) sociodemographic factors (gender, ethnicity); (2) psychological factors, including childhood maltreatment exposure and psychological constructs (hope, optimism); (3) coexisting chronic medical conditions (asthma); and (4) lifestyle factors (sleep inadequacy, excessive internet use and pathological gaming). …”
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Climate change, air pollution and chronic respiratory diseases: understanding risk factors and the need for adaptive strategies by Jiayu Xu, Zekang Su, Chenchen Liu, Yuxuan Nie, Liangliang Cui

“…Results indicated an increased risk of CRD (mainly COPD, asthma) associated with environmental factors, such as air pollutants, adverse meteorological conditions, extreme temperatures, sandstorms, wildfire, and atmospheric allergens. …”
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Advanced Role of Neutrophils in Common Respiratory Diseases by Jinping Liu, Zhiqiang Pang, Guoqiang Wang, Xuewa Guan, Keyong Fang, Ziyan Wang, Fang Wang

“…The traditional roles of neutrophils in severe asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), pneumonia, lung cancer, pulmonary fibrosis, bronchitis, and bronchiolitis had already been reviewed. …”
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Role of Farnesoid X Receptor in the Pathogenesis of Respiratory Diseases by Jin-nan Wu, Jian-rong Chen, Jin-liang Chen

“…In recent years, several studies have shown that FXR is widely involved in the pathogenesis of various respiratory diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchial asthma, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Moreover, a number of works have confirmed that FXR can regulate the bile acid metabolism in the body and exert its anti-inflammatory and antifibrotic effects in the airways and lungs. …”
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Diagnosis of acquired immunodeficiency virus from a Cryptococcus meningoencephalitis. Case Presentation by María Odeymi Urdanivia Cruz, Idalmis D. Reyes Rod´ríguez, Jorge E. Barletta del Castillo

“…For such reasons a case of a 32 year old, black patient is presented, with antecedents of bronchial asthma, smoker from 21 years before, alcoholic from 17 years and hypertensive ( three years of evolution) without regular treatment. …”
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A new computational framework for simulating airway resistance, fraction of exhaled nitric oxide, and diffusing capacity for nitric oxide. by Benoit Haut, Cyril Karamaoun, Clément Rigaut

“…Through numerous simulations, we demonstrate the ability of our model to reproduce results from the literature, both for healthy lungs and lungs of patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Such a computational framework, through the possibilities of numerous and rapid tests that it allows, sheds new light on experimental data by providing information on the phenomena that take place in the distal generations of the lungs, which are difficult to access with imaging.…”
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A Rare Case of Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Associated with Cryoglobulinemia Presenting with a Bullous Skin Eruption of the Lower Limbs by D. D. K. Abeyaratne, C. Liyanapathirana, C. L. Fonseka, P. W. M. C. S. B. Wijekoon

“…It is characterized with asthma, eosinophilia, and renal and peripheral nervous system involvement. …”
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A Fatal Case of Multidrug Resistant Acinetobacter Necrotizing Fasciitis: The Changing Scary Face of Nosocomial Infection by Nupur Sinha, Masooma Niazi, Dmitry Lvovsky

“…A 48-year-old woman with history of HIV, asthma, hypertension, and tobacco and excocaine use presented with acute respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation. …”
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The Pivotal Role of TBK1 in Inflammatory Responses Mediated by Macrophages by Tao Yu, Young-Su Yi, Yanyan Yang, Jueun Oh, Deok Jeong, Jae Youl Cho

“…Inflammation is considered to be a major cause of most chronic diseases, especially in more than 100 types of inflammatory diseases which include Alzheimer's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, atherosclerosis, Crohn's disease, colitis, dermatitis, hepatitis, and Parkinson's disease. …”
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Diffuse Idiopathic Pulmonary Neuroendocrine Cell Hyperplasia (DIPNECH): A Case of Indolent Pulmonary Nodules Diagnosed with Robotic-Assisted Navigational Bronchoscopy by Adam Purdy, Firas Ido, Deborah Stahlnecker

“…She was initially diagnosed with asthma before imaging later revealed as multiple pulmonary nodules with a diffuse mosaic pattern. …”
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