Neutrophile functional state in patients with bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive bronchitis

Currently, in the study of respiratory pathology much attention is paid to the study of the state of specific and non-specific protection of the organism, its reactivity. Such diseases as bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive bronchitis are characterized by a slow course with a tendency to progression. Significantly affects these respiratory diseases of the accession of secondary infection. In the formation of the clinical picture and the nature of the underlying disease, in addition to infection, a major role is played by the state of the general and specific reactivity of the organism. This underlines not only theoretical but also practical importance of methods, which help to judge in clinic about the state of reactivity of patient's organism, moreover they can serve as criterion of process activity. The methods allowing to evaluate in the clinic the non-specific reactivity of the organism and the state of compensatory-adaptive mechanisms can also include cytochemical studies of neutrophils, since the enzymatic activity of blood neutrophils reflects changes in intracellular metabolism and agrees with the general shifts in the metabolism of the organism.