[The prognosis of bronchial asthma in childhood].
The prevalence of childhood asthma is about 10% as compared to 6% in adults. 40% to 80% of asthmatic children become symptom-free during adolescence, but asymptomatic bronchial hyperreactivity may persist. About one third of those patients who have become symptom-free during adolescence will have relapses in adult life. Some factors seem to predict a worse prognosis of the disease: positive family history, concomitant allergic diseases, eczema, severe symptoms at the onset of the disease and during adolescence, a high degree of non-specific bronchial hyperreactivity, active and passive smoking. Questionable prognostic factors include sex, age of onset and breast-feeding.
Nowak
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Krankenhaus Grosshansdorf, Zentrum für Pneumologie und Thoraxchirurgie, LVA Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg.
Wiebicke
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Magnussen
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D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D012130:Respiratory Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology*
Die Prognose des Asthma bronchiale im Kindesalter.