Asthma is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases worldwide, with a considerable increase, especially in children. It considered main cause childhood morbidity, school absenteeism, and limitations sports practice. The causes are multifactorial, their prevalence varies from region to region, thus verifying great disparity estimates asthma. In this sense, objective study investigate asthma, it...

BACKGROUND In 2014, the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) reported that the highest prevalence of symptoms of severe asthma was found in the low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including Nigeria. While exposure to biomass fuel use may be an important risk factor in the development of asthma, its association with asthma symptoms severity has not been well-est...

Severe asthma is defined as either refractory to traditional therapies or controlled only with that have intolerable side effects. Biological agents are known offer treatment alternatives patients type 2 inflammation severe asthma. We describe the case of a woman long history asthma, uncontrolled symptoms and need systemic corticosteroid therapy prevailing features, respiratory failure differen...

AIMS Minor gastrointestinal abnormalities have been reported in children with asthma, but the prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms in these children has not been studied. METHODS 75 children with bronchial asthma and an age and sex matched control group were recruited. Parents completed a questionnaire on gastrointestinal symptoms and on asthma. Weight and height were measured; a clinical ...

context worldwide prevalence of respiratory diseases, suffering from such diseases, and heavy cost of treatment, which all may result from lack of etiological understanding of these diseases in modern medicine, were the main factors to conduct the current study. in the present study, the causes and symptoms of asthma were evaluated and compared with those of some other respiratory diseases. ira...

Background: Asthma is recognized as a common cause of disability, of great economic cost, and of preventable deaths. In this study we aimed to test our hypothesis to evaluate the relationship between the Human Platelet Antigen-1(HPA-1) polymorphism and bronchial asthma and its severity, which would suggest genetic variances that may be responsible for expression or activation of these receptors...

snoring can occur alone or it may be the presenting feature of obstructive sleep apnea and other common chronic conditions. in our study, we aimed to estimate the prevalence and correlates of snoring in adolescent students in tehran, iran. a cross-sectional study was designed and students were selected from 20 secondary and high schools, in 5 different zones in tehran in order to have a represe...

although current guidelines place single leukotriene receptor antagonists use as a therapeutic option in mild persistent asthma, there is still uncertainty about its place. in this study efficiency of montelukast monotherapy in children with moderate persistent asthma was evaluated. children (age 6 to 16) with persistent moderate asthma were treated prospectively with budesonide combined with m...

BACKGROUND Use of fuel heaters is associated with childhood asthma. However, no studies have evaluated the associations of flue use and mechanical ventilation (ventilation) with asthma symptoms in schoolchildren. METHODS This cross-sectional study investigated schoolchildren in grades 1 through 6 (age 6-12 years) in Sapporo, Japan. From November 2008 through January 2009, parents completed qu...

BACKGROUND Anxiety or depression symptoms may increase the risk of developing asthma, and their interaction with obesity is not known. We aimed to assess the association of anxiety or depression symptoms and the joint association of these symptoms and obesity with incident asthma. METHODS We conducted a prospective cohort study of 23 599 adults who were 19-55 years old and free from asthma at...