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Difference Between Extrinsic Asthma and Intrinsic Asthma

Vineet Nanda

Updated on 06-Apr-2023 835 Views

When someone has asthma, their airways (their breathing tubes) become inflamed, irritated, and constricted on a chronic (long-term) basis. This leads to wheezing, chest tightness, wheezing, and other breathing difficulties. Some people with asthma have allergies, whereas others don't. Asthma has a few different forms, and extrinsic and intrinsic asthma are two of them. Asthma due to allergies and asthma due to other triggers are two names for these conditions. The symptoms of both forms of asthma are identical. This explains why their treatments are so similar. Nonetheless, their origins and precipitating factors are very different. There is variety in ...