nocturnal asthma
MONDO:0956979Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names nocturnal asthma yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A chronic asthma that is characterized by significant decline in pulmonary function and increase of airway inflammation at night. During sleep, recumbent posture causes a reduction in the lung volumes, respiratory muscle tone, and lung compliance. The overnight physiological abnormalities include: increased airway inflammation and decreased steroid responsiveness, increased pulmonary capillary blood volume, functional differences in blood/air volume ratios and mechanical coupling of the parenchyma to the airways.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0956979), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of