What Is Extrinsic Asthma?
Extrinsic asthma is usually more commonly classified as allergic asthma. This is asthmatic response, like inflammation of the airways and constriction of them, which inhibits breathing, to an allergy-producing substance. The term is contrasted to intrinsic asthma, when asthmatic response may result from many things like exercise or exposure to non-allergen irritants. It may be easier to identify extrinsic asthma because it is linked to allergen exposure, while intrinsic types have many potential causes that aren’t always clear initially.
