L’Asthmais a disease increasing in industrialized countries, affecting between 2 and 5% of the population. Characterized by crises of dyspnea (difficult breathing), with at the end whistling feature, this disease affects the lungs and respiratory system. It occurs most often between the ages of 5 and 15 years, but the asthma of the child may appear early in life. It is often confused withbronchiolitis. Furthermore, we can consider that a child has asthma when he submitted more than three bronchiolitis before the age of two.

Interest predict asthma in children is to take charge quickly. Moreover, it is important that asthma treated early can be cured in most cases there are now effective treatments for substance.

How to predict childhood asthma?

The authors of this study suggest the following method:
o recognize a major criterion: a difficulty in breathing (dyspnea) frequent wheezing in the first three years of life and / or a family history of asthma or eczema;
o associated with at least two of three criteria: eosinophilia (increased blood of a type of white blood cells, the eosinophils), allergic rhinitis (hay fever), wheezing respiratory (sibilants) without associated affection ORL.
Tested on a very large, negative predictive value (absence of these criteria) was 90% and the positive prediction of 45%.

Recognizing these early signs should allow the implementation of preventive treatment for asthma. Change crises, coughing in the evening or at night are also among the symptoms of asthma. Furthermore, the lifestyle is equally important to eliminate factors of allergy to the house and above all save your child a smoking atmosphere.