BACKGROUND Allergic rhinitis (AR) and asthma are inflammatory conditions of the airways that often occur concomitantly. This global survey was undertaken to understand patient perspectives regarding symptoms, treatments, and the impact on their well-being of comorbid AR and asthma. METHODS Survey participants were adults with asthma (n = 813) and parents of children with asthma (n = 806) from...

Background: Asthma is the most common chronic respiratory disease, affecting 1% to 18% of population worldwide. It characterized by various symptoms, such as wheezing, shortness breath, chest tightness and cough, variable airflow limitation. People with asthma often have periods worsened symptoms airway obstruction called exacerbations, which can be fatal. We would like provide updated clinical...

Asthma is a heterogeneous disease, in which asthmatic patients present with different clinical phenotypes, variable endotypes, and different response to asthma medicines. Thus, we are faced with an asthma paradox; asthma is diagnosed subjectively by clinical history and treated with biologically active drugs. To solve this paradox, we need objective airway biomarkers to tailor the proper medica...

An asthma flare-up, which some people call an asthma attack or episode, happens when a person's airways get swollen and narrower and it becomes a lot harder for air to get in and out of the lungs. Asthma affects about 1 or 2 kids out of 10. Asthma is one disease that children start to develop even before the age of 5. This asthma is very difficult to diagnose during the young age. Most of the t...

Subjects with occupational asthma may also report symptoms of rhinoconjunctivitis. The aims of this study were: 1) to assess the prevalence of rhinoconjunctivitis in association with occupational asthma, and the severity of rhinoconjunctivitis according to the type of agent (high (HMW) and low (LMW) molecular weight agents) causing occupational asthma; and 2) to evaluate the timing of occurrenc...

: Asthma has long been considered a condition in which psychological factors have a role. As in many illnesses, psychological variables may affect outcome in asthma via their effects on treatment adherence and symptom reporting. Emerging evidence suggests that the relation between asthma and psychological factors may be more complex than that, however. Central cognitive processes may influence ...

BACKGROUND The diagnosis of asthma is made on the basis of variable respiratory symptoms and supported by objective evidence of variable airflow limitation. However, spirometry and bronchoprovocation tests may not be routinely available in resource-scarce settings or in the context of large-scale epidemiological studies. There is a gap in knowledge about the predictive value of respiratory symp...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of asthma symptoms and of airflow obstruction in amateur swimmers between 8 and 17 years of age, as well as to assess the awareness of asthma and asthma management among these swimmers, their parents, and their coaches. METHODS Our sample comprised 1,116 amateur swimmers who completed a modified version of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies i...