How Does Asthma Affect The Respiratory System
Health Encyclopedia: Causes Of Childhood Asthma
- Causes of Childhood Asthma
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Childhood Asthma Prognosis
- Childhood Asthma Risk Factors
- Symptoms of Childhood Asthma
- Childhood Asthma Diagnosis
Causes
Asthma occurs in about 5 million American children . Each year about 200,000 of them are hospitalized. It is the most common chronic childhood illness. About half of all cases of asthma develop before the age of 10, and about 80% of patients develop symptoms before they are 5 years old.
General Causes of Asthma
The mechanisms that cause asthma are complex and vary among population groups and even individuals. For example, asthma in children is highly associated with allergies. However, only ...
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Expert & Community Posts
Children Have Sleep Problems Too
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Asthma: Is the Outlook Better for Older Males?
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Eating for Better Respiratory Health... Is it Possible?
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Should People With Asthma Get the Pneumonia Vaccine?
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How to Live a Life Without (Asthma) Limits
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Health Guide
Adult Asthma Causes
CausesAsthma has dramatically risen worldwide over the past decades, particularly in developed countries, and experts are puzzled over the cause of this increase. The mechanisms that cause asthma are... Read more »Pneumonia: Diagnosis
...safe, but complications can occur. They include allergic reactions to the sedatives or anesthetics, asthma attacks in susceptible patients, and bleeding. Fever may follow the procedure.Lung... Read more »Asthma in Children and Adolescents: Prognosis
PrognosisAsthma is the third major cause of hospitalization in children under age 15. The condition can be very serious in children, particularly those younger than age 5, because their airways are... Read more »Asthma Asthma Diagnosis and Tests
When asthma is suspected, the patient should describe for the doctor any pattern related to the symptoms and possible precipitating factors, including:Whether symptoms are more frequent... Read more »Asthma Risk Factors
...FactorsAccording to a major national 2001 survey, American adults have a 10% lifetime risk for developing asthma. As of 2002, an estimated 20 million adults had the disorder. Between 1980 and 1996... Read more »Images
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