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Feline Bronchitis And Asthma : State Of The Art
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INTRODUCTION
Chronic bronchial disease in cats occurs most commonly in two forms, including chronic bronchitis and asthma. Chronic bronchitis is defined as an inflammatory disorder of the lower airways that causes a daily cough, for which other causes of cough (including heart failure, pneumonia, neoplasia etc) have been excluded. Asthma is more loosely defined as that disorder of the lower airways that causes airflow limitation, “that may resolve spontaneously or in response to medical treatment”. The symptoms of asthma can be dramatic, including acute wheeze and respiratory distress. Sometimes however, the only symptom of asthma is a daily cough, and in human patients this is referred to as “cough-variant” asthma. Chronic bronchitis is diagnosed by excluding other disorders that cause daily cough. Definitive diagnosis of asthma is usually based on specific pulmonary function studies that require patient cooperation. Because both disorders, bronchitis and asthma, can cause a daily cough as the only clinical sign, there are many times when it is not possible to distinguish one from the other in an individual feline patient. Nevertheless, the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment options for both diseases overlap with great frequency. ...
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