Allergy How can you tell if your child has asthma? Asthma can be a tricky disease to pinpoint for a number of reasons, including the fact that there are other respiratory ailments with overlapping symptoms, and some children can seem symptom free for
What is Asthma?: How can you tell if your child may have it? You hear what sounds like a whistle when your child exhales. Or perhaps he or she seems to get easily tired when playing soccer. Maybe theres just a persistent cough. But you wonder could t
NCHS Home | CDC/NCHS Privacy Policy Notice Accessibility | Search NCHS NCHS Definitions | Contact us Asthma Prevalence, Health Care Use and Mortality : United States , 200 3-05 By Lara Akinbami, M.D., Office of Analysis and Epid
Asthma attack prevalence In 2005, an estimated 4.2% of people (12.2 million) had at least one asthma attack in the previous year ( Figure 2 ). Among those who currently have asthma, about 55% had at least one asthma attack in the previous year. Asthm
Asthma Prevalence, Health Care Use and Mortality : United States , 200 3-05 By Lara Akinbami, M.D., Office of Analysis and Epidemiology Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease characterized by episodes or attacks of inflammation and narrowing of sma
Allergy REMEMBER: Asthma is... 1. An Inflammatory condition of the airways caused by allergens, irritants and respiratory infections. 2. Triggered by many different stimuli (trigger factors) that activate an over-reactive airway system. 3. Is revers
Allergy Emotions A common misbelief is that children with asthma have a major psychological problem that has caused the asthma. Emotional factors are not the cause of asthma, though emotional stress can infrequently trigger asthma. A child's asthma
Allergy Weather Children with asthma have cited a number of climatic conditions as trigger factors. Many identify cold air as triggering asthma. Pulmonary function studies demonstrate that breathing cold air provokes asthma in most children with ast
