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Fig. 3.1. The dynamic balance in health <strong>and</strong> in asthma<br />

The signs <strong>and</strong> symptoms of chronic asthma <strong>and</strong> its exacerbations exhibit tendencies that<br />

are similar to the pathophysiological changes (section 2.4.3.).<br />

The overactive nerve function allows perception, awareness, <strong>and</strong> tension to reach down<br />

too far into the organism. The dynamic that is characteristic of the nerve-sensory process<br />

leads to a reduction of movement <strong>and</strong> a tendency to create fixed forms in the airways,<br />

musculature, <strong>and</strong> metabolism that resemble skull formation. The asthma patient is, as<br />

<strong>Bolk</strong>’s Companions RespiRatoRy system DisoRDeRs anD theRapy - 37

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