AIM To study the effect of a warm up schedule on exercise-induced asthma in asthmatic children to enable them to engage in asthmogenic activities. METHOD In the first study, peak flows during and after three short, repeated warm up schedules (SRWU 1, 2, and 3), identical in form but differing in intensity, were compared in 16 asthmatic children. In the second study the efficiency of the best ...

OBJECTIVE To present guidelines for the recognition, prophylaxis, and management of asthma that lead to improvement in the quality of care certified athletic trainers and other heath care providers can offer to athletes with asthma, especially exercise-induced asthma. BACKGROUND Many athletes have difficulty breathing during or after athletic events and practices. Although a wide variety of c...

It is well documented that exercise-induced asthma is more pronounced when inspired air is cold and dry rather than warm and humid.' 2 The severity of exercise-induced asthma is closely dependent on loss of respiratory heat, needed to warm and humidify inspired air,3 and it has been suggested that airway cooling is the only stimulus triggering postexercise bronchoconstriction.3-7 We present a c...

   Cromolyn sodium, a mast cell stabilizing agent, provides an immediate protective effect against the exercise-induced bronchoconstriction while being used before the exercise. However, cromolyn is ineffective in reversing asthmatic bronchospasm; it is used as a maintenance therapy and has a prophylactic role in chronic asthma.    The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of change...

Nedocromil sodium (Tilade) is a new anti-asthma drug that has selective mucosal mast cell stabilising properties.' In single dose human studies nedocromil has been shown to protect against exercise induced asthma,2 while in clinical studies, in which it has been administered four times a day for one month, improvements have been shown in the control of adult asthma.3 There are no published data...

   Cromolyn sodium, a mast cell stabilizing agent, provides an immediate protective effect against the exercise-induced bronchoconstriction while being used before the exercise. However, cromolyn is ineffective in reversing asthmatic bronchospasm; it is used as a maintenance therapy and has a prophylactic role in chronic asthma.    The purpose of this study was to determine the extent of change...

Objective: The objective of the study was to measure the prevalence of exercise induced asthma among young medical students of Rawalpindi Medical College, Rawalpindi and to compare airway responses to histamine and exercise challenge. Materials & Methods: Ninety-eight medical students from Rawalpindi Medical College, Rawalpindi were selected after obtaining written consent. They were asked to f...