Looking At Reactive Airway Disease
July 30th, 2010 | Medicine |Reactive Airway Disease: Conditions based around wheezing and/or allergic reactions are often referred to by the term reactive airway disease. It is often used to label asthma-like conditions in infants that are too young to undergo typical diagnostic procedures. Some use the term interchangeably with asthma. This is not an accurate use of the term. Treatment: Infants diagnosed with reactive airway disease should later be tested for asthma. The bronchial challenge test is an appropriate diagnostic procedure that will ascertain whether or not