Viewpoint on chest tightness variant asthma in children / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Chest tightness variant asthma(CTVA) is a newly recognized and special type of bronchial asthma, with the only main clinical manifestation of chest tightness or sighing respiration, but without wheezing and other typical symptoms of bronchial asthma.At the same time, the patients with CTVA are likely to be misdiagnosed in clinic practices.There are few studies on CTVA in children.This article focuses on hot issues about the clinical features, pathoge-nesis, diagnosis and treatment of CTVA, which hopes to enhance the diagnosis and treatment level of CTVA in children.