reactive airways disease

Introduction

Nonspecific term used in reference to asthma &/or bronchitis in which reversible bronchospasm occurs. Use of the term is discourage.

Diagnostic procedures

• pulmonary function testing

Differential diagnosis

• reactive airways dysfunction syndrome (RADS)
• airway hyperreactivity to methacholine challenge

More general terms

• lower respiratory tract disease

More specific terms

• asthma
• bronchitis

Additional terms

• reversible airway disease