 To provide an overview of airway inflammation in asthma.  To review current management guidelines’ recommendations for the use of anti-inflammatory therapies in asthma.  To discuss current treatment options for airway inflammation in asthma.  To outline unmet needs for treating airway inflammation in asthma.  To describe novel targets for treating airway inflammation in asthma based ...

With appropriate management, children with asthma should expect few symptoms, no limits on activity, rare exacerbations, and normal lung function. Appropriate education of parents and other caregivers of children with asthma has clearly been shown to help achieve these goals. Although recommended in asthma guidelines, providing written asthma action plans does not improve outcomes beyond asthma...

Asthma is the most common chronic pulmonary disease in world, affecting more than three hundred million people from different races and age groups. Childhood asthma considered one of main causes increased healthcare expenditures, particularly developing countries. Spirometry essential commonly used lung function test. It mainly for evaluation to obtain reliable data detection diseases, such as ...

OBJECTIVE The current study examined the role of alternate caregivers (i.e., caregivers living outside of the home who spend at least 6 hr per week caring for the child) in a sample of Latino and non-Latino White (NLW) families with a child with asthma. METHODS Participants included 665 families of children with asthma from NLW, Puerto Rican, and Dominican backgrounds from Rhode Island and Pu...

Omega-3 fatty acid benefits health throughout life. It is especially important for children’s health. improves symptoms of children with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders by improving communication language development behaviour cognitive function. also helps in controlling asthma atopic conditions. Adding omega-3 to routine management plan asthma, allergic rhinitis, neurodevelopmen...

BACKGROUND Re-admissions to hospital in childhood asthma are common with studies reporting that 25% or more of children will be re-admitted within a year. There is a need for strategies to reduce re-admissions. METHODS A prospective randomised control study of an asthma home management training programme was performed in children aged two years or over admitted with acute asthma. Two hundred ...

BACKGROUND Asthma as a chronic health condition can be controlled when in addition to clinical care, adequate education and support is provided to enhance self-management. Like many other chronic health conditions improved self-management positively impacts the health-related quality of life (HRQoL). It can therefore be said that a well-structured pharmaceutical care delivery that addresses the...

BACKGROUND In 2011 the Latin America Asthma Insight and Management (LA AIM) survey explored the realities of living with asthma. We investigated perception, knowledge, and attitudes related to asthma among Latin American asthma patients. METHODS Asthma patients aged ≥12 years from four Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela) and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico responde...

Recent longitudinal studies have shed light on the pathogenesis and progression of asthma. The patterns of expression of childhood asthma that persist into adult life have been explored. Distinct asthma phenotypes (transient wheezing, nonatopic wheezing, and atopy-associated asthma) have been identified. Defining which children are at risk for persistent asthma could allow for better management...

Asthma affects a large number of patients in China, but comprehensive evaluation of risks associated with poor asthma control in asthmatic patients with nasal diseases was still limited. We conducted this study to provide a comprehensive estimate of asthma control in Chinese asthma patients with combined nasal diseases, to explore the effect of kinds of nasal diseases on the asthma control, and...