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Riiser A. Bronchial hyperresponsiveness in childhood: A narrative review. World J Respirol 2016; 6:63-68. [DOI: 10.5320/wjr.v6.i2.63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2015] [Revised: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) is an important but not asthma-specific characteristic and can be assessed by direct and indirect methods, based on the stimulus causing airway obstruction. BHR has been proposed as a prognostic marker of asthma severity and persistence, and may also be used to control pharmacological management of asthma. The most recent data on the prevalence and development of BHR in childhood and its predictive value for subsequent asthma development in late adolescence and adulthood is discussed in this review. According to the BHR-related scientific articles written in the English language and indexed in the publicly searchable PubMed database, the prevalence of BHR varies based upon the methods used to assess it and the population examined. In general, however, BHR prevalence is reduced as children grow older, in both healthy and asthmatic populations. While asthma can be predicted by BHR, the predictive value is limited. Reduced lung function, allergic sensitization, female sex, and early respiratory illness have been identified as risk factors for BHR. The collective studies further indicate that BHR is a dynamic feature related to asthma, but asymptomatic BHR is also common. Ultimately, the prevalence of BHR varies depending on the population, the environment, and the evaluation methods used. While both the methacholine challenge and the exercise test may predict asthma in adolescence or early adulthood, the predictive value is higher for the methacholine challenge compared to the exercise test. The collective data presented in the present study demonstrate how BHR develops through childhood and its relation to bronchial asthma.
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Weinmayr G, Forastiere F, Büchele G, Jaensch A, Strachan DP, Nagel G. Overweight/obesity and respiratory and allergic disease in children: international study of asthma and allergies in childhood (ISAAC) phase two. PLoS One 2014; 9:e113996. [PMID: 25474308 PMCID: PMC4256390 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2014] [Accepted: 11/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Background Childhood obesity and asthma are increasing worldwide. A possible link between the two conditions has been postulated. Methods Cross-sectional studies of stratified random samples of 8–12-year-old children (n = 10 652) (16 centres in affluent and 8 centres in non-affluent countries) used the standardized methodology of ISAAC Phase Two. Respiratory and allergic symptoms were ascertained by parental questionnaires. Tests for allergic disease were performed. Height and weight were measured, and overweight and obesity were defined according to international definitions. Prevalence rates and prevalence odds ratios were calculated. Results Overweight (odds ratio = 1.14, 95%-confidence interval: 0.98; 1.33) and obesity (odds ratio = 1.67, 95%-confidence interval: 1.25; 2.21) were related to wheeze. The relationship was stronger in affluent than in non-affluent centres. Similar results were found for cough and phlegm, rhinitis and eczema but the associations were mostly driven by children with wheeze. There was a clear association of overweight and obesity with airways obstruction (change in FEV1/FVC, −0.90, 95%-confidence interval: −1.33%; −0.47%, for overweight and −2.46%, 95%-confidence interval: −3.84%; −1.07%, for obesity) whereas the results for the other objective markers, including atopy, were null. Conclusions Our data from a large international child population confirm that there is a strong relation of body mass index with wheeze especially in affluent countries. Moreover, body mass index is associated with an objective marker of airways obstruction (FEV1/FVC) but no other objective markers of respiratory and allergic disorders.
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- Gudrun Weinmayr
- Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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- Division of Community Health Sciences, St. Georges’, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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Grover C, Goel N, Chugh K, Gaur SN, Armour C, van Asperen PP, Moles RJ, Saini B. Medication use in Indian children with asthma: the user's perspective. Respirology 2014; 18:807-13. [PMID: 23489243 DOI: 10.1111/resp.12081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2012] [Revised: 12/14/2012] [Accepted: 12/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Despite the high prevalence of asthma in children, there has been limited research into patient perception of medication use, particularly in the developing world. This study therefore aimed to carry out an in-depth exploration of the views of carers and children with asthma on asthma medication use. METHODS Grounded theory approach was used to conduct semistructured qualitative interviews in a purposive convenience sample of parents and children with asthma. The participants were recruited from two specialty hospitals in New Delhi, India. Interviews were tape-recorded, transcribed verbatim and thematically analysed. RESULTS Twenty children (7-12 years old) with asthma and their parent or carer were interviewed in July 2011. Major reported issues included poor parent and child understanding of disease and medications. Fears, misinformed beliefs and lack of self-management skills were apparent. Child self-image, resistance to medication use and lack of responsibility in medication taking were themes that emerged from child interviews. CONCLUSIONS This is one of the first research studies exploring the viewpoint of children with asthma about their medications. Resource constraints dictate a pragmatic paternalistic approach by physicians which, in contrast to patients in westernized nations, seems to be acceptable and satisfactory to Indian patients (carers).
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Weinmayr G, Gehring U, Genuneit J, Büchele G, Kleiner A, Siebers R, Wickens K, Crane J, Brunekreef B, Strachan DP. Dampness and moulds in relation to respiratory and allergic symptoms in children: results from Phase Two of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC Phase Two). Clin Exp Allergy 2014; 43:762-74. [PMID: 23786283 DOI: 10.1111/cea.12107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2012] [Revised: 01/21/2013] [Accepted: 01/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Many studies report that damp housing conditions are associated with respiratory symptoms. Less is known about mechanisms and possible effect modifiers. Studies of dampness in relation to allergic sensitization and eczema are scarce. OBJECTIVE We study the influence of damp housing conditions world-wide on symptoms and objective outcomes. METHODS Cross-sectional studies of 8-12-year-old children in 20 countries used standardized methodology from Phase Two of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC). Symptoms of asthma, rhinitis and eczema, plus residential exposure to dampness and moulds, were ascertained by parental questionnaires (n = 46 051). Skin examination, skin prick tests (n = 26 967) and hypertonic saline bronchial challenge (n = 5713) were performed. In subsamples stratified by wheeze (n = 1175), dust was sampled and analysed for house dust mite (HDM) allergens and endotoxin. RESULTS Current exposure to dampness was more common for wheezy children (pooled odds ratio 1.58, 95% CI 1.40-1.79) and was associated with greater symptom severity among wheezers, irrespective of atopy. A significant (P < 0.01) adverse effect of dampness was also seen for cough and phlegm, rhinitis and reported eczema, but not for examined eczema, nor bronchial hyperresponsiveness. HDM sensitization was more common in damp homes (OR 1.16, 1.03-1.32). HDM-allergen levels were higher in damp homes and were positively associated with HDM-sensitization, but not wheeze. CONCLUSION A consistent association of dampness with respiratory and other symptoms was found in both affluent and non-affluent countries, among both atopic and non-atopic children. HDM exposure and sensitization may contribute, but the link seems to be related principally to non-atopic mechanisms.
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- G Weinmayr
- Institute of Epidemiology, Ulm University, 89081 Ulm, Germany.
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Asthma has puzzled and confused physicians from the time of Hippocrates to the present day. The word “asthma” comes from a Greek word meaning “panting” (Keeney 1964), but reference to asthma can also be found in ancient Egyptian, Hebrew, and Indian medical writings (Ellul-Micallef 1976; Unger and Harris 1974). There were clear observations of patients experiencing attacks of asthma in the second century and evidence of disordered anatomy in the lung as far back as the seventeenth century (Dring et al. 1689).
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Mallol J, Crane J, von Mutius E, Odhiambo J, Keil U, Stewart A. The International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood (ISAAC) Phase Three: a global synthesis. Allergol Immunopathol (Madr) 2013; 41:73-85. [PMID: 22771150 DOI: 10.1016/j.aller.2012.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 352] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2012] [Accepted: 03/10/2012] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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This ISAAC Phase Three synthesis provides summarised information on the main findings of the study, regional tables and figures related to the prevalence and severity of current symptoms of asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis and eczema in the main regions of the world. The large number of surveyed children (≈1,200,000), the large number of centres (233) and countries (98) that participated in ISAAC Phase Three makes this study the most comprehensive survey of these diseases ever undertaken. Globally, the prevalence for current asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis and eczema in the 13-14-year age group was 14.1%, 14.6% and 7.3%, respectively. In the 6-7-year age group the prevalence for current asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis and eczema was 11.7%, 8.5% and 7.9%, respectively. The study shows a wide variability in the prevalence and severity of asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis and eczema which occurs not just between regions and countries but between centres in the same country and centres in the same city. This study definitively establishes that the prevalence of those diseases can be very high in non-affluent centres with low socioeconomic conditions. The large variability also suggests a crucial role of local environment characteristics to determine the differences in prevalence between one place and another. Thus, ISAAC Phase Three has provided a large body of epidemiological information on asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis and eczema in childhood from contrasting environments which is expected to yield new clues about the aetiology of those conditions and reasons for their marked global variability.
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- J Mallol
- Department of Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Hospital CRS El Pino, University of Santiago de Chile, Chile.
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Weinmayr G, Keller F, Kleiner A, du Prel JB, Garcia-Marcos L, Batllés-Garrido J, Garcia-Hernandez G, Suarez-Varela MM, Strachan DP, Nagel G. Asthma phenotypes identified by latent class analysis in the ISAAC phase II Spain study. Clin Exp Allergy 2013; 43:223-32. [DOI: 10.1111/cea.12035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2012] [Revised: 08/15/2012] [Accepted: 08/23/2012] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- G. Weinmayr
- Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry; Ulm University; Ulm; Germany
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy; Ulm University; Ulm; Germany
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- Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry; Ulm University; Ulm; Germany
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- Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry; Ulm University; Ulm; Germany
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- Pediatric Respiratory and Allergy Units; “Arrixaca” University Children's Hospital; University of Murcia; CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERSP); Murcia; Spain
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- Pediatric Allergy and Pulmonology Units; Pediatrics Department; 12 de Octubre Children's University Hospital; Madrid; Spain
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- Unit of Public Health and Environmental Care; Department of Preventive Medicine; University of Valencia; Research group CIBER CB06/02/0045 CIBER actions-Epidemiology and Public Health; Research Foundation; University Hospital Dr. Peset; Valencia; Spain
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- Division of Community Health Sciences; St George's; University of London; London; UK
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- Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry; Ulm University; Ulm; Germany
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Ratier JCDA, Pizzichini E, Pizzichini M. Gastroesophageal reflux disease and airway hyperresponsiveness: concomitance beyond the realm of chance? J Bras Pneumol 2012; 37:680-8. [PMID: 22042402 DOI: 10.1590/s1806-37132011000500017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2011] [Accepted: 05/23/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Gastroesophageal reflux disease and asthma are both quite common the world over, and they can coexist. However, the nature of the relationship between these two diseases remains unclear. In this study, we review controversial aspects of the relationships among asthma, airway hyperresponsiveness, and gastroesophageal reflux disease in adults and in children.
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Ferreira CM, Chen JL, Li J, Shimomura K, Yang X, Lussier YA, Pinto LH, Solway J. Genetic interactions between chromosomes 11 and 18 contribute to airway hyperresponsiveness in mice. PLoS One 2012; 7:e29579. [PMID: 22253740 PMCID: PMC3254621 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2011] [Accepted: 11/30/2011] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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We used two-dimensional quantitative trait locus analysis to identify interacting genetic loci that contribute to the native airway constrictor hyperresponsiveness to methacholine that characterizes A/J mice, relative to C57BL/6J mice. We quantified airway responsiveness to intravenous methacholine boluses in eighty-eight (C57BL/6J X A/J) F2 and twenty-seven (A/J X C57BL/6J) F2 mice as well as ten A/J mice and six C57BL/6J mice; all studies were performed in male mice. Mice were genotyped at 384 SNP markers, and from these data two-QTL analyses disclosed one pair of interacting loci on chromosomes 11 and 18; the homozygous A/J genotype at each locus constituted the genetic interaction linked to the hyperresponsive A/J phenotype. Bioinformatic network analysis of potential interactions among proteins encoded by genes in the linked regions disclosed two high priority subnetworks - Myl7, Rock1, Limk2; and Npc1, Npc1l1. Evidence in the literature supports the possibility that either or both networks could contribute to the regulation of airway constrictor responsiveness. Together, these results should stimulate evaluation of the genetic contribution of these networks in the regulation of airway responsiveness in humans.
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- Caroline M. Ferreira
- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Nieto A, Mazon A, Martin-Mateos MA, Plaza AM, Garde J, Alonso E, Martorell A, Boquete M, Lorente F, Ibero M, Bone J, Pamies R, Garcia JM, Echeverria L, Nevot S, Martinez-Cañavate A, Fernandez-Benitez M, Garcia-Marcos L. Pediatric allergy and immunology in Spain. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2011; 22:742-50. [PMID: 21950680 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2011.01211.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The data of the ISAAC project in Spain show a prevalence of childhood asthma ranging from 7.1% to 15.3%, with regional differences; a higher prevalence, 22.6% to 35.8%, is described for rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis is found in 4.1% to 7.6% of children. The prevalence of food allergy is 3%. All children in Spain have the right to be visited in the National Health System. The medical care at the primary level is provided by pediatricians, who have obtained their titles through a 4-yr medical residency training program. The education on pediatric allergy during that period is not compulsory and thus very variable. There are currently 112 certified European pediatric allergists in Spain, who have obtained the accreditation of the European Union of Medical Specialist for proven skills and experience in pediatric allergy. Future specialists in pediatric allergy should obtain their titles through a specific education program to be developed in one of the four accredited training units on pediatric allergy, after obtaining the title on pediatrics. The Spanish Society of Pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology (SEICAP) gathers over 350 pediatric allergists and pediatricians working in this field. SEICAP has a growing activity including yearly congresses, continued education courses, elaboration of technical clinical documents and protocols, education of patients, and collaboration with other scientific societies and associations of patients. The official journal of SEICAP is Allergologia et Immunophatologia, published every 2 months since 1972. The web site of SEICAP, http://www.seicap.es, open since 2004, offers information for professionals and extensive information on pediatric allergic and immunologic disorders for the lay public; the web site is receiving 750 daily visits during 2011. The pediatric allergy units are very active in clinical work, procedures as immunotherapy or induction of oral tolerance in food allergy, contribution to scientific literature, and collaboration in international projects.
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- Antonio Nieto
- Pediatric Allergy and Pneumology Unit, Children's Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW To consider the possible links between food allergy and asthma. RECENT FINDINGS Food allergy and asthma coexist in many children, and recent studies demonstrate that having these comorbid conditions increases the risk for morbidity. Children with food allergies and asthma are more likely to have near-fatal or fatal allergic reactions to food and more likely to have severe asthma. SUMMARY Although a causal link has not been determined, increased awareness of the heightened risks of having both of these common childhood conditions and good patient/parent education and management of both conditions can lead to improved outcomes.
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