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Childhood asthma

M. Levin, E. Weinberg
South African Family Practice | Vol 53, No 4 : July/August| a1846 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/20786204.2011.10874109 | © 2024 | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 16 August 2011 | Published: 01 July 2011

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M. Levin, Red Cross Children’s Hospital, South Africa; and, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, South Africa
E. Weinberg, Allergy Diagnostic and Clinical Research Unit, University of Cape Town Lung Institute, South Africa

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Abstract

Asthma is the most common chronic disease of South African children, affecting growth and development and quality of life. Features supporting the diagnosis are a family or personal history of atopy, night cough, exercise-induced cough and/or wheeze and seasonal variation in symptoms. Asthma is on the increase in both developed and developing countries, in both rural and urban communities. The first part of this series aims to give a brief overview of the epidemiology, pathophysiology and diagnosis of childhood asthma.

Keywords

childhood asthma; asthma; paediatric; prevalence; diagnosis

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