Advance of diagnosis and treatment on chest tightness variant asthma in children / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

The chest tightness variant asthma (CTVA)is a new clinical variant of asthma,with chest tightness or sighing respiration as the main or only clinical manifestations,without wheezing,shortness of breath and other typical symptoms of asthma. And the patients with CTVA are likely to be misdiagnosed in clinical work. The clinical features are chest tightness existed persistently or repeatedly,symptoms lasting more than 8 weeks,the presence of airway hype-rresponsiveness or reversible airflow limitation confirmed by lung function examination,effective to the treatment of β agonists or inhaled corticosteroids,and other diseases should be excluded.