Respiratory System Disorders and Therapy From a New - Louis Bolk ...

Contents
Acknowledgments 6
Preface 7
1. Introduction 8
2. Clinical Signs and Symptoms in Patients with Asthmatic Disease and Pneumonia 10
2.1. The Acute Asthma Attack 10
2.1.1. Signs and Symptoms of the Acute Asthma Attack 11
2.1.2. Pathophysiology of Asthma: Gross Examination and Histology 12
2.2. A Woman with Chronic Asthma and Eczema since Childhood 14
2.2.1. Signs and Symptoms of Chronic Asthmatic Disease 14
2.3. The Third Patient: Acute Airspace (Lobar) Pneumonia 16
2.3.1. Signs and Symptoms of Acute Pneumonia 16
2.3.2. Pathophysiology of Bacterial Pneumonia 18
2.4. Framework for the Pathophysiology 19
2.4.1. The Physiological Healing Process 20
2.4.2. General Pathology of Healing Processes 21
2.4.3. The Pathological Diversion of Asthma 22
2.4.4. The Pathological Diversion of Pneumonia 24
3. Characterization of Asthma and Pneumonia 26
3.1. Characterization of Asthma 26
3.1.1. Awareness 26
3.1.2. Breathing Problems 28
3.1.3. Changes in the Musculature 31
3.1.4. Metabolic Changes 34
3.1.5. Seasonal Influences 35
3.1.6. Summary and Conclusion Asthma 36
3.2. Characterization of Pneumonia 38
3.2.1. Metabolic Changes 38
3.2.2. Breathing Problems 41
3.2.3. Muscle Tone 42
3.2.4. Changed Awareness 44
3.2.5. Summary and Conclusion Pneumonia 45
3.3. Signs and Symptoms in Asthma and Pneumonia: A Dynamic Approach 47
3.3.1. The Polar Dynamic Tendency of Asthma and Pneumonia 47
3.3.2. Balance and Rhythm 49
3.3.3. A Dynamic Concept of Disease 51
4. Other Inflammatory Disease of the Respiratory Tract From A Dynamic Viewpoint 54
4.1. Sinusitis 54
4.2. Colds, Flus, and Otitis Media 55
4.3. Hay Fever 56