title: [Coughing and wheezing children: improvement after parents stop smoking].
abstract: Three children, boys aged 6, 4 and 4 years presented with recurrent cough and (or) wheeze. Exposure to tobacco smoke at home was considered an aggravating factor. Symptoms in all three cases improved considerably or resolved completely when the patients' (grand)parent(s) stopped smoking. There is little literature on the beneficial effect of parents' giving up smoking on symptoms of childhood asthma. These cases, however, illustrate that advising parents of children with recurrent respiratory symptoms to give up smoking can be a rewarding and successful form of therapy.
authors.affiliation: Ziekenhuis De Weezenlanden, afd. Kindergeneeskunde, Zwolle.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Brand
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Duiverman
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution
vernacular_title: Kinderen die hoesten en piepen: minder klachten als de ouders stoppen met roken.