Back to school checklist for kids with asthma

The start of the school year can be busy enough without the added concern about your child’s asthma striking them in the classroom or playground.
But that’s just the time when kids are most at risk of asthma flare-ups, with a spike in asthma attacks and hospitalisation seen during the first few weeks of the school term every year.
When children return to classrooms, factors such as stress, a change of environment or allergens and less strict asthma management over the holidays can trigger asthma. A new set of classmates can also bring a new batch of cold and flu bugs, which are often the culprits behind asthma flare-ups.....

Read more here: nationalasthma.org.au

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Asthma attacks predicted from medical records

Deadly asthma attacks could be predicted and prevented using routinely collected medical information.
Asthma kills three people every day in the UK, with a potentially life-threatening attack occurring every 10 seconds. Being able to predict these attacks could transform their impact. Now new research from our NIHR Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit has shown a way of doing just that.....

Read more here: uhs.nhs.uk

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Asthma and the Environment

Asthma attacks have been linked to exercise, respiratory infections, and exposure to environmental factors such as allergens, tobacco smoke, and indoor and outdoor air pollution. Asthma attacks can be reduced by taking medication and avoiding exposure to known triggers.
A number of studies have reported associations between air pollution exposures and asthma. For example, researchers have found an association between increased hospital admissions for asthma and particulate matter, an outdoor air pollutant.
Air pollution, such as ozone and particle pollution, can make asthma symptoms worse and trigger attacks. Adults and children with asthma are more likely to have symptoms when ozone and particle pollution are in the air. Ozone is often found in smog and particle pollution is often found in haze, smoke, and dust.....

Read more here: ephtracking.cdc.gov