It is Not a Bronchial Asthma

Bronchial asthma is a common chronic respiratory disorder greatly depending on history and clinical evaluation for diagnosis. In our daily practice many conditions can mimic bronchial asthma and misdiagnosed as asthma either for insufficient evaluation of the patient or great similarity in presentation with lack of specific or pathognomonic investigation. In this article we will discuss in brief some of these asthma similarities that we face in our daily practice.

Keywords: Bronchial asthma, mimics, misdiagnosis.