Dr. Sasha Szytel, a general pediatrician at Bravo Pediatrics in San Luis Obispo, said that while asthma and allergies share ...

Asthma can impair a child's physical health, education, and emotional well-being, but with early detection and proper ...

There are many similarities and differences between asthma in adults and asthma in children depending on the age of the child. In both, inflammation in the lung is what leads to hyperreactive or ...

In the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, asthma affects 6.5% of children and for some, it can be life-threatening. There is no known cure for asthma, which means ...

The specialist: Adam Vella, pediatric emergency medicine As director of pediatric emergency medicine at Mount Sinai, Dr. Adam Vella treats patients under the age of 22 for everything from cardiac e… ...

A recent survey shows that more than half of the five million American children with asthma don't have their symptoms under control and fall far short of national treatment goals. The survey also ...

When it comes to severe asthma in children, there’s more room for disagreement. While some estimates peg its prevalence, roughly, at between 2% and 5% of all pediatric asthma cases, experts say ...

Asthma in children. Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It affects the airways in the lungs.

Asthma Triggers: The Culprits are Fido and Fluffy - Giving your child a puppy or kitten for Christmas sounds like an enchanting idea, but don’t forget that that adorable little bundle is covered ...

African American children died from asthma at a much higher rate than their white peers, according to CDC data. (AP Digital Embed) Across America, nearly 4 in 10 Black children live in areas with ...

Mean state-level prevalence of parent-reported childhood asthma symptoms decreased from 7.77% in 2018-2019 to 6.93% in 2020-2021 (P<0.001), they noted in a research letter in JAMA Network Open.

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