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I am an adult learner doning a presentation on the causes of asthma in children. Could some please send me some information on the main causes of asthma in children. Thank you.

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I can find no information on the net or in books on the link between the fall in childhood diseases and the rise in the cases of asthma in western children. Is there a true link? Any information gratefully recieved.

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Lots of links from this discussion. http://boards.webmd.com/roundtable_message/2401046 Look up the original report in Lancet, and follow-up study from India just presented at the 2002 AAAAI Meeting which I think you can get at http://www.medscape.com/viewprogram/1780 http://www.nationaljewish.org/news/liujama.html (link to the Lancet article here) Pollution studies http://www.sciencedaily.com/print/2000/01/000107174912.htm Plus a discussion of the Lung report a couple of weeks ago on this newsgroup may be of interest but I think it started with title DIESEL FUELS ALLERGY RISK. Well, good luck.

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I can find no information on the net or in books on the link between > the fall in childhood diseases and the rise in the cases of asthma in > western children. Is there a true link? Any information gratefully > recieved.

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Bellsouth went nuts!

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Lots of links from this discussion. > http://boards.webmd.com/roundtable_message/2401046 > Look up the original report in Lancet, and follow-up study from India just > presented at the 2002 AAAAI Meeting which I think you can get at > http://www.medscape.com/viewprogram/1780 > http://www.nationaljewish.org/news/liujama.html (link to the Lancet article > here) > Pollution studies > http://www.sciencedaily.com/print/2000/01/000107174912.htm > Plus a discussion of the Lung report a couple of weeks ago on this newsgroup > may be of interest but I think it started with title DIESEL FUELS ALLERGY > RISK. > Well, good luck. > I can find no information on the net or in books on the link between > the fall in childhood diseases and the rise in the cases of asthma in > western children. Is there a true link? Any information gratefully > recieved.

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My 6 year old daughter has had cold related asthma since birth. The past 6 weeks she has had 2 really bad attacks. Both times my doctor prescribed prednisone to treat it along with the inhalers. I am very concerned about giving my daughter this steriod and would like to know if anyone knows any alternative methods.

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>My 6 year old daughter has had cold related asthma since birth. The past 6 weeks she has had 2 really bad >attacks. Both times my doctor prescribed prednisone to treat it along with the inhalers. I am very concerned >about giving my daughter this steriod and would like to know if anyone knows any alternative methods.

My understanding is that oral steroids are generally only prescribed when nothing else seems to work, due to the potential side-effects from long term use. Oral steroids were also prescribed for our infant daughter, but only on an as-needed basis when the primary medication, Ventolin syrup, was not adequately treating the attacks. I’d highly recommend getting a second opinion from a specialist you trust if this concerns you. At the very least, it will buy you some peace of mind. You might also express some of your concerns to your daughter’s pediatrician and see if you can get a fuller explanation of his/her treatment rationale. — Home Page: http://www.pobox.com/~dsparks/ Receive a FREE pager: http://www.pobox.com/~dsparks/pager.html Opportunities to make/save money: http://www.pobox.com/~dsparks/mmsm.html

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->My 6 year old daughter has had cold related asthma since birth. The past 6 weeks she has had 2 really bad >attacks. Both times my doctor prescribed prednisone to treat it along with the inhalers. I am very concerned >about giving my daughter this steriod and would like to know if anyone knows any alternative methods. > My understanding is that oral steroids are generally only prescribed > when nothing else seems to work, due to the potential side-effects > from long term use. Oral steroids were also prescribed for our > infant daughter, but only on an as-needed basis when the primary > medication, Ventolin syrup, was not adequately treating the attacks. > I’d highly recommend getting a second opinion from a specialist you > trust if this concerns you. At the very least, it will buy you some > peace of mind. You might also express some of your concerns to your > daughter’s pediatrician and see if you can get a fuller explanation > of his/her treatment rationale.

Not entirely true – it’s standard practice to put a child on a short burst of prednisone (less than 10 days) with a taper at the end. It is widely thought to be relatively free of adverse effects during that short duration, and highly beneficial. The problem comes in taking over a long period of time, or when the child requires too many short bursts, which gets closer to being the equivalent of being on it long term. If too many bursts are necessary, a preventative program needs to be started to minimize the likelihood of needing the steroids. Sometimes this involves the use of inhaled steroids, which are generally well tolerated over the long term. My 10 and 6 yr olds and I have been on inhaled steroids for several years with no discernible adverse effects and with very good results. It has kept us out of Emergency Rooms and off of prednisone for as long as we’ve used it. To the original poster: If you’re concerned about the effects of the medications, also be concerned about the effects of not treating severe asthma. Then balance the concerns in a way that best protects the child. It can be difficult and worrisome, but that is the lot of the parent of the asthmatic. (Oh, — Mark Feblowitz GTE Laboratories Incorporated 40 Sylvan Road Waltham, MA 02154-1120 phone:(617) 466-2947 fax: (617) 466-2618

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If you have, or know of someone who has been recently diagnosed with Childhood Asthma, it may be to your advantage to check out this site. Knowledge is everything! Best Wishes, slw http://www.profitbiz.com/asthma.htm

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>If you have, or know of someone who has been recently diagnosed with >Childhood Asthma, it may >be to your advantage to check out this site. Knowledge is everything! Best >Wishes, slw

Don’t bother. This is just another salesman. (And just how much useful information do you think we are going to get from a 30 minute video tape?) "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits." Einstein

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->If you have, or know of someone who has been recently diagnosed with >Childhood Asthma, it may >be to your advantage to check out this site. Knowledge is everything! Best >Wishes, slw > Don’t bother. This is just another salesman. > (And just how much useful information do you think we are going to get > from a 30 minute video tape?) > "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits." > Einstein

Thanks for the warning. nicamrem —Share what you know. Learn what you don’t.—

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