Growth assessment in asthmatic patients

ABSTRACT

Asthma is a chronic disease and the chronic disease states regardless etiology can cause growth failure in infant and toddler. To assess growth of asthmatic patients. One hundred asthmatic children between [5-15 years] of age. Both asthmatic and control group studied in term of height, weight and skin fold thickness, all anthropometric measurements of height, weight and skin fold thickness measured for both groups. Height, weight and skin fold thickness were significantly retarded in asthmatic, the more severe the disease and longer duration the more retardation in the height and weight. The height was affected more than the weight by the disease duration and severity. The diminution in skin fold thickness was retarded both with increase disease duration and severity but the female was less retarded than male as the disease duration prolonged. All growth parameter [height, weight, SFT] affected by asthma [duration and severity], so the growth parameters can be used in asthmatic children to evaluate the effect of treatment.