Long-term infection with a bacteria that causes pneumonia could lead to chronic asthma, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researchers report in the February issue of Infection and Immunity ...

Feb. 22 (UPI) --A new study from the University of Virginia School of Medicine has found that common asthma drugs may be effective in protecting against a deadly form of pneumonia.

Dear Mary, Both asthma and pneumonia affect the lungs, or the respiratory system of a child. While asthma is a chronic allergic disease, pneumonia is most often an acute lung infection.

Asthma impacts over 300 million people worldwide, leading to chronic and acute inflammation of the air passages of both children and adults. It includes a complex array of inflammatory processes ...

Fewer patients with severe attacks were seen by their GP or admitted to hospital during the covid-19 pandemic, and fewer were admitted to hospital for pneumonia, influenza and chronic lung ...

In a new study, children with pneumonia diagnosed during infancy had an increased risk for asthma at age 4 years.“Few studies have assessed the association between pneumonia and asthma, and the ...

A bacterium that causes pneumonia may also contribute to the development of asthma, researchers reported last week. Mycoplasma pneumoniae can hang around in the lungs long after a person has ...

Two drugs used to treat asthma and allergies may offer a way to prevent a form of pneumonia that can kill up to 40 percent of people who contract it, researchers at the University of Virginia ...

Qian CJ, Coulombe J, Suissa S, Ernst P. Pneumonia risk in asthma patients using inhaled corticosteroids: A quasi-cohort study. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2017 Mar 28.

An asthma attack is much more than just feeling winded after exercise and needing to catch your breath. Asthma is a chronic condition that affects 25 million people in the U.S. and involves the ...

In children with asthma, weighted incidence of pneumonia hospitalization per 10,000 patient-years was 14.5 in children using ICS and 14.6 in those not using ICS.