RT Book, Section
A1 Ghimire, Anil
A1 Iannuzzi, Michael
A2 Silverman, Robert K.
SR Print(0)
ID 1139757060
T1 Asthma and Obesity
T2 Obesity Medicine: Management of Obesity in Women's Health Care
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071843515
LK obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1139757060
RD 2024/04/23
AB Obesity  alters  lung  function,  can  cause  symptoms  suggesting  asthma,  and  may  worsen  preexisting  asthma.  The  precise  mechanisms  on  how  obesity  leads  to  or  worsens  asthma  are  not  well  elucidated.  A  combination  of  mechanical  factors,  adipose-released  inflammatory  mediators,  and  immune  system  activation  appears  likely  responsible  for  the  “obese-asthma”  phenotype.