Many Californians with asthma are exposed to environmental conditions in the home-such as the presence of tobacco smoke and furry pets-which can trigger asthma symptoms. In addition, many who have not been diagnosed with asthma experience asthma-like breathing problems when exposed to these same indoor conditions. Nearly 1.9 million California adults and 890,000 children have active asthma (7.3...

OBJECTIVE We investigated the association between smoke-free laws and asthma prevalence, symptoms, and severity among nonsmoking youth (aged 3-15 years). METHODS We examined data from the 1999-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, a cross-sectional survey designed to monitor the health and nutritional status of the US population. Survey locations were dichotomized as having o...

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...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine the incidence, characteristics of asthma morbidity and care, and ethnic differences that exist in older adults with asthma in California. METHODS Data were from the 2009 California Health Interview Survey (CHIS). Characteristics of older adults (≥65 years) with and without asthma were compared using population-weighted estimates. Asthma-speci...

Asthma is a chronic respiratory condition characterized by airway inflammation and hyper-reactivity. prevalence has continued to rise in recent decades as Western dietary patterns have become more pervasive. Evidence suggests that diets emphasizing the consumption of plant-based foods might protect against asthma development improve symptoms through their effects on systemic inflammation, oxida...

BACKGROUND Asthma has been associated with a great number of negative health outcomes. This study was undertaken to detect the association between asthma and dental caries in the primary dentition. METHODS Data were obtained from a cohort of 1160 Mexican children aged 4-5 years. We used the questionnaire of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies Diseases in Childhood. Asthma was clas...

BACKGROUND The fractional concentration of nitric oxide in exhaled air (FENO) is used as a biomarker of eosinophilic airway inflammation. FENO is increased in patients with asthma. The relationship between subjective asthma symptoms and airway inflammation is an important issue. We expected that the subjective asthma symptoms in women might be different from those in men. Therefore, we investig...

gastro-esophageal reflux disease (gerd) regularly occurs when stomach acid moves up from the stomach into the esophagus. gerd might be associated with chronic asthma symptoms such as coughing and breathlessness. according to several studies on children and adults, gerd is proven to have a close relationship with asthma.  medication treatment via proton-pump inhibitors (ppis), such as omeprazole,...

www.aafp.org/afp Volume 89, Number 6 ◆ March 15, 2014 Do PPIs improve symptoms in children with poorly controlled asthma? Bob: Previous studies have left open the question of whether proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) improve asthma symptoms. There may be benefit to PPI use in adults with asthma and reflux symptoms. However, there is no benefit in those without reflux symptoms. It has been hypothesi...