Understanding Bronchial Asthma: A Pathologist's View

hello medical students want to learn how to identify asthma under a microscope welcome to Tamil Med's YouTube channel asthma is a long-term disease that affects the Airways in our lungs from A pathologist's View it's all about inflammation when our body's defense cells like eosinophils and mast cells Gather in the lung walls they make the Airways swollen and narrow then these swollen Airways become very sensitive even small triggers like dust or pollen can cause them to suddenly tighten which is called a Broncos spasm another key feature is the production of too much mucus this thick sticky mucus clogs the Airways making it even harder to breathe over time this long-term inflammation leads to permanent changes called Airway remodeling this includes thicker walls bigger muscles and more cells that make mucus under the microscope we see something called goblet cell hyperplasia basement membrane thickening and smooth muscle hypertrophy for more details refer to textbooks like robins and kran pathologic basis of disease don't forget to like share and subscribe to our channel for more medical insights