[Allergic alveolitis. Diagnosis and therapy in practice]

The diagnostic steps for the disease are listed and are discussed. The diagnosis includes: 1. the anamnesis, 2. the clinical examination, 3. the chest X-ray, 4. serological-immunological methods of examination including detection of antibodies, skin tests, allergen inhalation test, 5. lung function tests. The therapy consists in antigen exclusion and corticosteroids.