[Variant (forme fruste) forms of bronchial asthma]

The variant forms of bronchial asthma were studied. It was established that in 66.4% of the patients examined the bronchial obstructive syndrome was caused by bronchial asthma. In 50.30% of the patients bronchial asthma had an atypical course--variant (forme fruste) forms. Three types of variant forms of bronchial asthma are differentiated: allergic tracheobronchitis (47.23%), the so called "wet" asthma (3.27%) and the so called "dry" bronchial asthma (0.8%). The therapeutic conduct should take into consideration the presence of variant forms of bronchial asthma.