hyperréactivité

CONT: Mechanism of airway hyperreactivity. Heightened airway reactivity usually occurs in patients who have late asthmatic response. The air-way hyper-responsiveness has been demonstrated after late responses induced both in the laboratory and following natural exposure to pollen.
CONT: It is a possibility than an IgE-mediated mast cell mechanism (allergy) is the original trigger of the inflammatory process. This ... appears to establish a state of hyper-responsiveness in the nasal mucosa, much like bronchial hyper-responsiveness in asthma.