Allergies and Asthma

The course and severity of asthma among children are difficult to predict. The majority of the affected children have occasional attacks of slight to moderate severity, not very difficult to manage. A minority develop severe intractable asthma, usually perennial rather than seasonal. It is incapacitating and adversely affects school attendance, day-to-day functioning and general child activity.
Most affected children may have onset of wheezing during the first year of life and family histories of asthma and other allergic diseases. These children may have growth retardation unrelated to cortico-steroid administration, chest deformity secondary to chronic hyper-inflation.

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