Reactive airways dysfunction syndrome: two case reports
Tabar, A.I.; Alvarez, M.J.; Acero, S.; Olaguíbel, J.M.; García, B.E.; Quirce, S.
Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology 8(2): 119-122
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 1018-9068 PMID: 9615307 Document Number: 489929
Reactive airways dysfunction syndrome (RADS) is a type of asthma that develops in subjects without prior pulmonary disease, following single or multiple exposure to high levels of nonimmunogenic irritants. The main difference from classic occupational asthma is the absence of a latency period. Non-specific bronchial hyperresponsiveness is characteristic of the disease and usually persists after cessation of exposure. We report the cases of two subjects in whom RADS developed after occupational exposure to irritants.