Book

Clinical Asthma Symptom Atlas is a comprehensive clinical reference in pulmonology and respiratory medicine developed in accordance with the latest Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) 2024 recommendations and American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society (ATS/ERS) standards. The book is designed as a practical guide for healthcare professionals, physicians, respiratory specialists, academics, and medical students to gain an in-depth understanding of the mechanisms, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, monitoring, and management of bronchial asthma. This book emphasizes that asthma should no longer be viewed as a single uniform disease, but rather as a heterogeneous spectrum of phenotypes and endotypes with distinct symptom profiles, inflammatory mechanisms, and therapeutic responses. Through an evidence-based and precision medicine approach, readers are guided to understand the relationship between airway inflammation, bronchial hyperresponsiveness, and the emergence of cardinal symptoms such as wheezing, dyspnea, chronic cough, and chest tightness. Each chapter is systematically structured and clinically oriented. The discussion begins with the biological foundations and epidemiology of asthma, followed by detailed explanations of type 2 (T2) inflammation, airway immunology, and the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying asthma symptoms. The book further explores symptom triggers, including allergens, viral infections, air pollution, exercise, hormonal influences, and occupational exposures. It also provides comprehensive coverage of age-specific symptom presentations, ranging from pediatric to geriatric populations, as well as special clinical scenarios such as exercise-induced bronchoconstriction, asthma-COPD overlap, obesity-associated asthma, and asthma during pregnancy.