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We are reporting the cases of two pregnant women with life-threatening asthma, who required mechanical ventilation of the lungs and later were delivered of healthy infants. Maintenance of an adequate PaO2 is essential in such cases. To accepted asthma therapy, we added a warm metaproterenol-saline solution irrigation and suction, which functions like bronchoalveolar lavage to facilitate recovery.
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These three cases are presented as additional evidence that vomiting can be a dominant symptom of asthma. Coughing and wheezing can be overlooked or ignored. Asthma must be considered in the differential diagnosis of vomiting.
Attention is called to vomiting as a major manifestation of asthma. The diagnosis requires only careful history and examination. Symptoms respond well to therapy for asthma. Asthma should be included in the differential diagnosis of recurrent or severe vomiting. If this is done, unnecessary diagnostic procedures can be avoided and proper therapy can be promptly instituted.