[Fearless Leader]

Recently I was told by a "Doctor" that I have small airway disease, not asthma.  What is the difference?

[Polpolion]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_airway_disease

??

So if asthma is inflammation caused by the presence of a disturbance, then whatever you have much act differently, perhaps due to an overabundance or deficiency in nutrients. But I'm less of a doctor than he is.

[General Battuta]

Maybe your airways are always small, instead of regular airways that get clogged with mucus?

[Rick James]

Asthma implies a regular reaction to any number of environmental or emotional factors and tends to be permanent. Of course, I am not a doctor, but it sounds to me that what you have is more treatable and probably curable.

[General Battuta]

Asthma implies a regular reaction to any number of environmental or emotional factors and tends to be permanent. Of course, I am not a doctor, but it sounds to me that what you have is more treatable and probably curable.

Doesn't it sound a bit less treatable, though? I mean, in asthma your airways sometimes get small. With small airway disease, it sounds like they're stuck that way.

EDIT: Sounds fishy. Some dispute as to whether it means anything at all in the medical community.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

Recently, I've been having several bouts of hiccups, and I don't know why. Is...

1) my airway too small; or
2) I'm not drinking enough water?

[Fearless Leader]

Horay for HLP, without it I would be bored and not know the difference between asthma and small airway disease.