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The Complications asthma attack
The Complications asthma attack may be complicated by pneumothorax: respiratory distress with sudden sharp chest pain. The diagnosis is confirmed by chest X-ray: there is air between two layers of the pleura, which departed the lung from the chest wall.
Mediastinal emphysema and subcutaneous due to rupture of alveoli and air flow along the vessels is sometimes observed during the crisis.
The atelectasis of a lobe is common.
The bronchiectasis is possible.
1500 people die of asthma each year in France.
The chronic pulmonary heart disease due to asthma is rare outside of asthma entangled or continuous asthma in the elderly who then enters the context of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.