Objective: To find the prevalence of asthma in the age group of 6 –13 years & to identify the risk factors increasing the prevalence of asthma in Urban and Rural area school children in Western Uttar Pradesh. Methods. This is a cross sectional community based study conducted by interviewing the parents of randomly selected 1287 children in the age group of 6-13 years using a modified Internatio...

Background In primary care settings difficult-to-treat asthma may be interpreted as severe asthma. Little is known about diagnostic outcomes in children referred to secondary paediatric referral centres with an established primary care doctor’s diagnosis of difficult-to-treat bronchial asthma. The objective of the present study was to assess diagnostic outcome in school age children referred to...

Asthma is a non communicable obstructive lung disease. It condition in which person's airways become inflamed, narrow, swell, and produce extra mucus, making breathing difficult. After being diagnosed with asthma patients not only suffer from physical symptoms but also mental disorders such as prolonged stress, anxiety disorders, depression, PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorders), fear panic al...

Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases. An estimated 300 million people worldwide suffer from asthma, with 250,000 annual deaths attributed to disease. Bronchial asthma inflammatory disorders respiratory tract causing a huge number annually. Increased industrialization and pollution are exacerbating factors for this situation. Tamaka Shwasa broad term, which includes many diseases wh...

In its original concept, the term “allergy” was used to denote the changed state of the organism that followed the parenteral introduction of an antigen. Although the role of the adrenal corticoids in relation to this altered tissue state is not clear, it appears that in some way they interfere with tissue production of substances which are detrimental to cellular integrity, and thus permit a r...

Usually, hyperresponsiveness to inhaled methacholine is considered closely associated with a diagnosis of bronchial asthma. Recently, it has been clearly pointed out that bronchial hyperreactivity (BHR) is not a constant feature of asthma and that this condition is not always related to airways inflammation. In the present study we evaluated 42 Patients (21 positive and 21 negative for bronchia...

INTRODUCTION Bronchial asthma is a serious global health problem. 5% to 10% of persons of all ages suffer from this chronic airway disorder. This review article presents important considerations of diagnosis and treatment in view of the current national and international asthma guidelines. METHODS Selective literature review, with attention to the current national and international guidelines...

Background Bronchial asthma is a common and important cause of morbidity in adults. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that, the number of people suffering from asthma will exceed 100 million by 2025. Two recent national studies reported the burden of ‘selfreported’ and ‘diagnosed’ bronchial asthma to be 1.8% and 2.5% respectively in adult Indians. The diagnosis of Chronic Obstructiv...

It has been suggested that, in epidemiological studies, asthma should be defined as symptomatic bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR). This paper critically examines the validity of this and alternative methods of defining asthma by reviewing population-based studies validating BHR and symptom questionnaires against asthma defined on the basis of a clinical assessment. It is emphasized that a sin...