Bronchial Obstruction in Children

Grouping of bronchial obstruction
About 100 diseases associated with BOS are known . There is no common 
classification. Considering the data from the literature, the following groups of the 
diseases involving BOS can be defined. 
1. 
Diseases of the respiratory system
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• infectious inflammation (bronchitis, bronchiolitis). 
• bronchial asthma 
• aspiration of foreign bodies 
• bronchopulmonary dysplasia 
• malformations of the respiratory system 
• obliterating bronchiolitis 
• tuberculosis

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2. 
Diseases of the digestive tract
•esophageal chalasia and achalasia 
•gastroesophageal reflux disease
•tracheoesophageal fistula
•diaphragmatic hernia 
3. 
Hereditary diseases
•cystic fibrosis,
•deficiency of alpha-1-antitrypsin
•mucopolysaccharidoses
•rickets-like diseases 
4. 
Parasitic infections 
(toxocariasis)
 
5. 
Diseases of the CAS
 
6. 
Diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system 
(birth trauma, myopathy, etc.).
 
7. 
Congenital and acquired immunodeficiency 
8. 
The impact of various physical and chemical environmental factors
 
9. 
Other reasons 
(endocrine diseases, systemic vasculitis, Thymomegalia et al.)

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From a practical point of view, 4 basic groups 
of BOS causes are distinguished:
• infectious 
• allergic 
• obstructive 
• hemodynamic

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