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Asthma - Asthma and Children

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Children and asthma: the numbers
Roughly 80% percent of all childhood asthma occurs before the ages of five years. Diagnosing asthma in infants and toddlers can be difficult.

Diagnosing asthma in children: the symptoms
Diagnosing asthma in infants and toddlers can be difficult as many children wheeze and suffer recurrent colds, especially if they go to a cr�che.

How do you treat asthma in children?
In almost all cases with a bronchodilator and inhaled corticosteroids.

My child is wheezing: is it asthma?
Your child is wheezing.�Just how serious is it? Must he be rushed to a doctor or can he be treated at home? The Harvard Symptom Checker can guide you.

My child suffered his first attack at preschool. Why?
What is the connection?

The asthmatic child and school
Can I do anything to help my child?

Your smoking habits and your child's asthma
Your smoking does affect your child�s lungs and his risk for asthma. Don�t fool yourself into believing otherwise.

Asthma sufferers can excel at sport
Asthma is one of the most common respiratory complaints in the world today. But, thanks to the availability of treatment, asthmatics can lead normal lives.

Increase in asthma among Africans
A higher degree of sensitisation to allergens among black Africans and an increased incidence of asthma among local teenagers is cause for concern, local researchers report.

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