Preliminary results of the evaluation of respiratory function in asthmatic children

ABSTRACT

Studying 56 asthma patients, results showed that prevalence of asthma in stage 1 in 3-to-7-years old children was 42%. 12,5% of asthma children experienced chronic cough. 80.5% asthma children had medical history of allergy. House dust mite is a leading cause of asthma (51% patients had positive Prick test). In group 3-7 years old, 37.73% patients experienced obstructive syndrome, among them bronchial obstruction 3.5%, peripheral obstruction 28.79%, total obstruction 5.36%. 57.1% asthma children had improvement of pulmonary ventilation after using bronchodilators. 12.5% patients had increased resistance of airway that was found by breathing interruption method without cooperation of patients