BRONCHOSCOPY AS AN AID IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ALLERGIC PULMONARY DISEASE

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No attempt will be made in this paper to enter on a discussion of the etiologic factors underlying allergic pulmonary disease. Suffice it to say that pulmonary allergy when present may be considered a part of the general systemic reaction. Any form of pulmonary allergy, whether the patient is sensitized to bacteria, pollen or food, is primarily a medical problem, requiring individual investigation and consideration to determine the underlying cause. If the underlying cause can be found and appropriate treatment which will eliminate the disease instituted, the problem is solved. However, as every one knows, the problem of allergy, systemic or localized, does not lend itself to an easy solution, since one is not dealing with a disease per se but with a syndrome, or a group of symptoms, present as a result of some underlying pathologic condition of the body. Pulmonary allergy, or bronchial asthma, is no exception. In

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