This uncontrolled morbidity highlights a significant unmet clinical need in preschool children.doi:10.1002/ppul.20644Hans BisgaardStanley SzeflerJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Pediatric PulmonologyBisgaard H, Szefler S (2007) Prevalence of asthma-like symptoms in young children . Pediatric pulmonology 42 : ...
More than 6% of children have asthma. The condition is manageable, but can make it hard for your little one(s) to fully participate in the joys of being a child. Thankfully, understanding signs of asthma in toddlers and older kids can help you understand how to give your child the help...
Sometimes, an asthma attack can result in a trip to the hospital. There’s no cure for asthma in children, but you can work with your child’s doctor to treat it and prevent damage to their growing lungs. Signs and Symptoms of Childhood Asthma When your child has an asthma attack, the...
Prevalence of asthma and overweight has increased simultaneously during the past decades. Several studies have reported an association between these two health problems, but it is unclear whether this relation is causal. We hypothesize that children with asthmatic symptoms are less physically active, wh...
SummaryChildren less than 5 years of age with asthma were assessed for total eosinophil counts and scrum levels of the eosinophil proteins, eosinophil cationic protein (ECP) and eosinophil protein X (EPX). to determine whether these measurements would reflect eosinophilic inflammation in the airways....
The study concluded that mice infestation is a strong predictor of mouse-specific allergy and risk for flares of asthma in young, inner-city children - stronger than roach infestation and roach allergy. Title: Association Between Mouse and Cockroach Skin Prick Test, Serum Specific IgE, Environmental...
Asthma diagnosed in children shows wide geographical variations. Large scale surveys identify children with diagnosed asthma, but neglect the group of youngsters with multiple asthmatic complaints. Methods A short validated asthma questionnaire was included in six national surveys of the Health Behaviour ...
In the United States, asthma is the most common chronic condition in children, affecting 10% to 12% of them. The generality of asthma in children is increasing rapidly for unidentified causes. Although asthma symptoms can appear at any age, most kids experience their first asthma symptoms by...
There is a 2:1 male:female ratio in children, which equalizes by the age of 30. Mild episodic asthma is mainly due to bronchial smooth muscle contraction whereas moderate to severe sustained asthma is largely due to chronic inflammation of the bronchi with the presence of white cells such ...
Journal of Trauma & DissociationVanderbilt D, Young R, MacDonald HZ, Grant-Knight W, Saxe G, Zuckerman B. Asthma severity and PTSD symptoms among inner city children: a pilot study. J Trauma Dissociation. 2008; 9: 191-207.Vanderbilt, D., Young, R., MacDonald, H., Grant-Knight, W....