BRONCHIAL ASTHMA AS A COMPLICATION OF PREGNANCY

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Abstract
Bronchial asthma as a complication of pregnancy would seem to be found rarely, since a review of the literature from 1920 reveals a remarkable paucity of information on the subject. It is noteworthy that most of the work reported has been published in foreign medical journals and, in a few cases, subsequently abstracted in the American journals.1It will therefore be of value to put on record the two cases reported herein and give a brief summary of the condition and the accepted views as to the prognosis and treatment. The bronchial asthma occurring during pregnancy may be divided into two separate and distinct groups; namely, those in which a previous history of asthma can be obtained and those in which the asthma seems to be a direct result of the sexual cycle or pregnancy. Group I includes those in whom the asthmatic attacks are directly traceable to sensitization

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