an increasing number of asthmatic patients are attracted by complementary and and alternative medicine (cam). the aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and describe the characteristics of cam use by children with asthma in a paediatric allergy clinic in istanbul, turkey.the parents of asthmatic children were invited to participate in a cross-sectional survey study. current asthma tre...

Background: Asthma is the most prevalent chronic disease in childhood and has been growing globally over the last three decades. Studies in this regard indicate different and irrelevant results in Iran. Different prevalence of asthma has been reported in industrialized countries, prevalence of 25.9% in the United Kingdom, 12.8% in Spain and 31% in Australia. This study aimed to evaluate asthma ...

introductionchildren with severe asthma attack are a challenging group of patients who could be difficult to treat and leading to significant morbidity and mortality. asthma attack severity is qualitatively estimated as mild, moderate and severe attacks and respiratory failure based on conditions such as respiration status, feeling of dyspnea, and the degree of unconsciousness. part of which ar...

Introduction Mild intermittent asthma is common in children and viral infections are responsible for the majority of exacerbations. As leukotrienes are potent inflammatory mediators, some studies have shown that Montelukast, a leukotriene receptor antagonist, may be effective on reduction of asthma symptom. To determine whether a short course of Montelukast in asthmatic children with common col...

interleukin-12 (il-12) is a key cytokine involved in regulating the balance between th1 and th2 cells by promoting th1 response. a reduced capacity to produce this cytokine could lead to aberrant th2 development. on the same aspect significant impact of il-12 on invariant natural killer t (inkt) cells was reported. therefore, we examined the serum levels of il-12 and the absolute number of peri...

BACKGROUND Recent surveys have shown that many patients with asthma experience uncontrolled symptoms and decreased quality of life due to their disease. However, few large population-based studies have evaluated asthma control in Japanese children. OBJECTIVE To show the reality of asthma control and the pattern of asthma controller medication use among Japanese children. METHODS In 2012, a ...

asthma is one of the most common chronic illnesses in childhood with an increased rate of hospitalization. in order to detemine the considerable factors for hospitalization of asthmatic children in our patients, we carried out a retrospective study of children with asthma who were admitted to children medical center affiliated to tehran university of medical sciences over a 3 year period ( 1993...

asthma is a chronic inflammatory airway disorder and the most common chronic disease among children characterized by frequent and chronic cough, wheezing, and dyspnea. asthma is defined as an inflammatory process in response to t- helper 2 cells. vitamin e as a lipid soluble vitamin containing 4 isomers α, β, γ, б, with α- tocopherol as the most important isomer is an important defensive agent ...

asthma is the most  common  chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by cough, wheezing and dyspnea in children. nutrition  is an important  factor which influences on induction and exacerbation of asthma. there are controversies to use vitamin e in asthmatic patients. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of vitamin e supplement in children with moderate asthma. this is a randomi...