Diagnostic Tool For Children With High Nitric Oxide Levels May Be Affected By Ethnicity

Nitric oxide (NO) is a gas released by cells in the lungs. When a person with allergies and/or asthma experiences an inflamed airway, the inflammatory cells release more NO and the NO levels increase. Due to this fact, fractional concentration of exhaled NO (FeNO) is an increasingly used tool in the diagnosis and management of asthma in children and adults.

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Filed under: Allergies on January 8th, 2008