Childhood Asthma

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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Children given acetaminophen during the first year of life to reduce fever are more likely to develop Asthma later on, a new study finds. ...

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Children who attend day care may be less likely to suffer from Asthma and wheezing than their stay-at-home peers, a new study reports. ...

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Related Articles Risk factors of Childhood Asthma in Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil. J Trop Pediatr. 2008 Aug;54(4):253-7 Authors: Palvo F, Toledo EC, Menin AM, Jorge PP, Godoy MF, Solé D BACKGROUND: Epidemiological studies have shown increased prevalence of Asthma over the last decades and a considerable variation in these rates between different countries, mainly developed. Changes in lifestyle of different populations could explain the increasing prevalence of Asthma and its different rates in different communities. OBJECTIVES: A case-control study was conducted to investigate some risks factors associated to Asthma in schoolchildren in São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. CASUISTIC AND METHODS: A total of 3793 self-administered written questionnaire (WQ) was filled in by parents of 6-7-year-old schoolchildren, applying the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) protocol. Additionally, was added a supplementary WQ evaluating risk factors: gender, personal history of rhinitis and atopic eczema, familial history of atopy, older siblings, day care, breastfeeding, and exposure to pets and to cigarette smoking. Children whose parents responded affirmatively to question 'Has your child had wheezing in the past 12 monthsquest;' were identified as having current Asthma. RESULTS: The prevalence of current Asthma was 18.3%. In multivariate analysis the following risk factors were associated with Asthma: ...

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Related Articles Evidence of a Causal Role of Winter Virus Infection During Infancy on Early Childhood Asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008 Sep 5; Authors: Wu P, Dupont WD, Griffin MR, Carroll KN, Mitchel EF, Gebretsadik T, Hartert TV RATIONALE: Bronchiolitis during infancy is associated with an increased risk of Childhood Asthma. Whether winter viral infections cause Asthma, or are a manifestation of a predisposition to Asthma development, is unknown. OBJECTIVES: To study the relationship of winter virus infection during infancy and the development of Childhood Asthma. METHODS: We studied over 95,000 infants born between 1995-2000 and followed through 2005, who were enrolled in the Tennessee Medicaid program from birth through early Childhood to determine whether infant birth in relationship to the winter virus peak alters the risk of developing early Childhood Asthma. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Among 95,310 children studied during five winter virus seasons from birth through early Childhood, the risk of developing Asthma tracked with the timing of infant birth in relationship to the winter virus peak. Infant birth approximately four months prior to the winter virus peak carried the highest risk, with a 29% increase in odds of developing Asthma compared with birth 12 months prior to the peak [Adjusted Odds Ratio: 1.29, 95% Confidence interval: 1.19-1.40]. Infant age at the winter virus peak was comparable to or greater than oth ...

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-- The diagnosis of Asthma in a young child may well be more challenging to paediatricians than previously appreciated, according to a review of research and clinical experience literature published in the October issue of Clinical Pediatrics. ...

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Related Articles Household smoking and Childhood Asthma in the United States: a state-level analysis. J Asthma. 2008 Sep;45(7):607-10 Authors: Goodwin RD, Cowles RA BACKGROUND: The reason for the substantial geographic variation in the prevalence of Childhood Asthma is not known. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between exposure to cigarette smoking in the home and Childhood Asthma at the state-level, toward improving current understanding of geographic variation in Childhood Asthma rates. METHODS: Data were drawn from the National Children's Health Survey (NCHS, 2003), a representative sample (n = 102,000) of youth 0 to 17 years of age in the United States. Household smoking and Asthma in children were reported by parents. Air quality for each state was obtained from Environmental Protection Act (EPA) reports, and state-level poverty reports were obtained from the US Department of Agriculture. RESULTS: Household smoking was associated with a statistically significant increase in risk of Asthma among children at the state level (p = 0.026). This association did not appear to be influenced by outdoor air quality at the state level or socioeconomic position. CONCLUSIONS: These results are the first to show a link between cigarette smoking in the home and Childhood Asthma at a state-level in the United States. PMID: 18773335 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] ...

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Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccination and Asthma-like Disease in Early Childhood. Am J Epidemiol. 2008 Oct 8; Authors: Hviid A, Melbye M The authors evaluated the association between receipt of measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine and Asthma-like disease in early Childhood in a Danish nationwide cohort study (N = 871,234). Two outcomes were included: hospitalizations with Asthma diagnoses and use of anti-Asthma medications (for a subset of the cohort only). Poisson regression was used to estimate rate ratios according to vaccination status. MMR-vaccinated children were less often hospitalized with an Asthma diagnosis (rate ratio (RR) = 0.75, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.73, 0.78) and used fewer courses of anti-Asthma medication (RR = 0.92, 95% CI: 0.91, 0.92) than unvaccinated children. This "protective" effect of MMR vaccine was more pronounced for hospitalizations with severe Asthma diagnoses (status asthmaticus: RR = 0.63, 95% CI: 0.49, 0.82) and use of medication that was highly specific for Asthma (long-acting beta2-agonist inhalant: RR = 0.68, 95% CI: 0.63, 0.73). MMR vaccine was not negatively associated with anti-Asthma medications often used for wheezing illnesses in early Childhood (systemic beta2-agonist: RR = 1.02, 95% CI: 1.01, 1.02). These results are compatible not with an increased risk of Asthma following MMR vaccination but rather with the hypothesis that MMR vaccination is associated with a reduced risk of Asthma-lik ...

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MedWire News: Infection with viruses that cause wheezing, particularly rhinovirus, in infancy is associated with a significantly increased risk for Asthma in later Childhood among children with a family history of the condition, researchers report. ...

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THE use of paracetamol for babies and young children could be one of the driving forces behind an epidemic of Childhood Asthma, a study has revealed. ...

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Researchers say they have pinpointed a major predictor of the development of Childhood Asthma: the common cold virus, or rhinovirus. ...

Source: blogs.parentcenter.babycenter.com --- 19 days ago
Research published this week strongly suggests that the use of acetaminophen (sold under the brand name Tylenol®) during infancy and early Childhood is associated with a significant risk of Asthma symptoms and other allergic disorders. The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood was huge, involving more than 200,000 children in 31 countries. [...] ...

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PARIS -- A chronic runny nose, taking paracetamol in infancy, and wheezing as a child are all conditions linked to the onset of adulthood Asthma, a trio of studies reported Friday. ...

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PARIS - A chronic runny nose, taking paracetamol in infancy, and wheezing as a child are all conditions linked to the onset of adulthood Asthma, a trio of studies reported Friday. ...

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Asthma researchers have found that a gene variant known to raise the risk of Childhood Asthma in European children plays a similar role in white American children, but not in African American children. The most common chronic illness among children in the developed world, Asthma is a complex disease in which a variety of genes are thought to interact with each other and with environmental influences to produce its effects. ...

Source: www.sciencedaily.com --- 9 days ago
Infants who experience viral respiratory illnesses with wheezing are known to be at increased risk for developing Asthma later during Childhood. Using new molecular techniques to identify different viruses, researchers now believe they have pinpointed the biggest culprit: rhinovirus. ...

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BOSTON (MedPage Today) -- Physical or sexual abuse may more than double the odds of a child having Asthma, according to a study of children in Puerto Rico. ...

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A chronic runny nose, taking paracetamol in infancy, and wheezing as a child are all conditions linked to the onset of adulthood Asthma, a trio of studies reported Friday. ...

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TUCSON, Ariz. (MedPage Today) -- Wheezing and bronchial hyperresponsiveness at age six may identify patients who will have newly diagnosed Asthma at 22, investigators here concluded. ...

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A New Zealand-led global study of more than 200,000 children has identified a link between the increasing use of paracetamol in children and the prevalence of Asthma. ...