Children older than 6 months should receive an influenza vaccination every year. Children between 2 months and 2 years of age should receive a series of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, but children older than 2 years should receive one dose of the pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine.
Treatment of allergies and sinusitis can help control asthma. [For more information, see In-Depth Reports #77: Allergic Rhinitis and #62: Sinusitis.]
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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