Diagnosis of Asthma in Children: a Challenging
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as “a disease characterised by recurrent attacks of breathlessness and wheezing which vary in frequency and severity from person to person”. Cough and wheeze in children are one of the common presentations to a primary care physician; it is estimated that around 50% of children wheeze in some way or the other before reaching school age and most often these episodes are transient and not associated with any serious illness. Asthma is a chronic inammatory disease of the airways characterised by airway hyper-responsiveness and intermittent reversible airway obstruction. It is the most common chronic disease in children, with a prevalence of between 17% and 23%, affecting boys more often than girls before puberty. In the UK, it is estimated that >1.1 million children are currently receiving asthma treatment.
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