title: [Asthma in athletes].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Numerous recent studies have shown that the risk of developing asthma or exercise-induced asthma is increased in the athletic population, particularly in endurance-trained athletes at national and international level.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  According to the literature, this could be explained by both hyperventilation during exercise and increased airway exposure to inhaled allergens, pollutants and/or cold dry air. However this form of asthma seems to differ from classical asthma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the future, the establishment of rigorous controls - via a detailed description of symptoms and documentation of objective measurements such as resting spirometry, bronchial hyperreactivity and reversibility - should allow early detection of respiratory problems in athletes and enable to provide an adequate treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although asthma and exercise-induced asthma are particularly common among athletes, if appropriately detected and treated, these disorders should not constitute a limiting factor in exercise performance.
authors.affiliation: UPRES EA 701  Physiologie des Interactions , Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kippelen
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Friemel
authors.forename: Ph
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Godard
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D001250:Asthma, Exercise-Induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D003663:Decision Trees; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D013177:Sports