Department of Pediatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Virginia, United States.
Paediatr Respir Rev. 2015 Mar;16(2):83-7. doi: 10.1016/j.prrv.2014.09.001. Epub 2014 Sep 6.
Although the symptom complex we call asthma has been well described since antiquity, our understanding of the causes and therapy of asthma has evolved. Even with this evolution in our understanding, there are persistent myths (widely held but false beliefs) and dogma (entrenched beliefs) regarding the causes, classification, and therapy of asthma. It is sobering that some of the knowledge we hold dear today, will become the mythology of tomorrow.
虽然我们称之为哮喘的症状综合已经被很好地描述了从古至今，但我们对哮喘的病因和治疗的理解一直在发展。即使我们的理解有了这种发展，关于哮喘的病因、分类和治疗仍然存在着一些持续存在的误解（广泛存在但错误的信念）和教条（根深蒂固的信念）。令人清醒的是，我们今天珍视的一些知识，明天将成为神话。
