Other asthma considerations.

[allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis]

Asthma is a heterogeneous syndrome of cough , wheeze , dyspnea , and chest tightness . However , in a subset of patients , these symptoms may indicate a different underlying disease process with variable responsiveness to classic asthma therapies . Disease may progress while practitioners attempt conventional asthma therapy . Additionally , some types of asthma may require alternative approaches to relieve symptoms successfully . This article describes the differential diagnosis of asthma and discusses some of the more common asthma variants and asthma mimickers .