Asthma in Infants Tough to Nail Down
Wednesday July 2, 2008
The symptoms of asthma in infants can be so subtle that you don't even realize infant asthma might be involved. It can be challenging to diagnose too, because your infant can't tell you in words how he or she is feeling. So doctors rely more on the parent's description of a pattern of symptoms and behavior, as well as family medical history, in deciding what type of breathing problem your baby may have.
1 out of every 10 kids has asthma today. So, if you find out your baby has asthma too, you'll have lots of company. If you do suspect infant asthma is causing your child's breathing problems, it's important to find out for sure as soon as you can.
In baby asthma, coughing is often the only symptom the infant will have...read more
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Allergic ASTHMA Can NOT Be Cured …
BUT.. It CAN Be Prevented.
Treating Childhood Eczema aggressively
could Prevent the onset of Allergic Asthma, according to a new study.
July 2008: Research carried out in Australia found that people who have eczema as a child are more likely to develop childhood asthma, to have persistent asthma and to have it later in life.
The study, published online in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, calls for trials of aggressive therapies against childhood eczema in attempt to reduce the incidence of asthma in later life.
The study followed more than 8,500 people from the age of seven to 44 and found a strong link between the two conditions which are both thought to be associated with an over-reaction of the immune system.
Allergic Asthma was almost twice as common in people who had had eczema as a child than those who had not, the study conducted by the University of Melbourne, Monash University and Menzies Research Institute in Tasmania, found.
Dr Burgess said childhood eczema increased the risk of someone developing asthma well into adulthood.
“The incidence of asthma in people from the ages of 8 to 44 who had childhood eczema, was nearly double that of people who had never had eczema,” Dr. Burgess said.
Dr Burgess said the study’s findings also supported the concept of an allergic “march”, whereby early eczema leads on to asthma or hayfever in later life.
“The results of our study showed childhood eczema clearly preceded asthma in each later stage of life – later childhood, adolescence, and adulthood,” he said. “This makes a strong argument for trialing aggressive therapies against childhood eczema to help reduce the burden of asthma later in life.”