Background & Aims: Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways which is associated with the triad of cough, wheezing and dyspnea. Allergic asthma is often associated with a personal or family history of allergic diseases and mostly begins at early childhood. Mold is one of the most common irritants of asthma and allergic rhinitis. In the last 20 years there has been 30% increase in ...

asthma affects an estimated 300 million people worldwide. poor compliance with the prescribed medication leads to increased mortality and morbidity. various determinants of compliance have been described. the purpose of this study was to determine factors that can influence patients' compliance with prescribed metered dose inhaler drugs. 179 patients with diagnosis of asthma were selected from ...

background: it has been suggested that helicobacter pylori infection might reduce the risk of atopic conditions, such as asthma, in childhood. this risk reduction could relate to the “hygiene hypothesis” which proposes an association between childhood exposure to microbes and risk of atopy. objectives: to examine the association between hp infection and childhood acquired asthma in sardinia. pa...

Introduction: The prevalence of asthma has increased significantly in recent decades1 especially in lower socioeconomic groups and in minority populations. Because of the increasing prevalence of asthma among children in worldwide and Iran, the importance of timely control of the disease after its diagnosis and few studies on the effect of education on asthma control in Iran, the aim of this st...

Background: CD163-expressing macrophages are involved in the inflammatory response in asthma. Objective: To assess sputum and serum soluble CD163 (sCD163) and cytokine levels in patients with asthma. Further discussed was the difference between sCD163 and other classic inflammatory mediators. Methods: Sputum was successfully induced in asthma patients (n=85) and healthy controls (n=21). Interle...

asthma is a complex, heterogeneous and chronic airway inflammatory disease with different clinical phenotypes caused by diverse triggers and pathophysiological mechanisms. asthma heritability has been established in many genetic studies but it is evident that only genetic elements are not responsible for the development of asthma. increasing rate of asthma incidence during past decades has impl...

Background: Allergic diseases including asthma, allergic rhinitis (AR) and eczema are common chronic diseases in children. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of asthma, AR and eczema in Sari, Iran. Methods: This study was carried out on all elementary schools selected as a cluster from February 2010 to July 2010 in Sari, North of Iran. A questionnaire was provided accordi...

Background: The international study of asthma and allergies in childhood (ISAAC) is used to define the prevalence and severity of asthma in different regions. In this study we followed the performance of the ISAAC video and written questionnaires (VQ and WQ) to classify asthma in 13-14 yr-old schoolchildren. Methods: The present study was carried out on 3540 schoolchildren 13 to 14-yrs-old us...

Background & Objective: Allergies are manifested with a variety of signs and symptoms. In this study, the frequencies of asthma symptoms, allergic rhinitis, eczema, and related factors among 6- to 7-year-old schoolchildren were investigated. Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out among schoolchildren of 35 elementary schools of Zanjan by using the International Study o...