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@article{190199,
        author = {Harshita Rajesh Zagade and Jaya Ramnayak Yadav and Dr.Rupali Rajesh Tasgoankar},
        title = {Asthma: A Comprehensive Review of Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Management},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {8},
        pages = {1588-1598},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=190199},
        abstract = {Asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disease, which is characterized by recurrent episodes of wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and cough, often associated with circadian rhythmicity, often nocturnal or early morning. There is a remarkable complexity in the interaction of genetic, environmental, inflammatory, mucus, and airway hyperreactivity components, making it a multifactorial condition. This review gives a comprehensive insight regarding the aspects of asthma, including definition, epidemiology, types, pathophysiology, causes, risk factors, clinical presentations, diagnosis, and treatment. Various types of asthma, including allergic asthma, exercise-induced asthma, occupational asthma, nocturnal asthma, adults-onset asthma, T2-high, and T2-low inflammation asthma, have been elaborately mentioned in this review, because this condition is multifactorial. Various methods used for diagnosing asthma conditions, including spirometry, peak flow measurements, methacholine challenge, and laboratory tests, have been detailed. This review further gives a comprehensive view regarding the treatment of asthma, including inhaled steroids, bronchodilators, extent of mucus production, anti-leukotrienes, and newly emerging herbal drugs. There is a particular importance regarding long-term control, teaching, mucus avoidance, and correct medication regimen. There is a remarkable complexity in understanding this multifactorial condition, which will increase the control over the condition, morbidity, and quality of life.},
        keywords = {},
        month = {January},
        }