Childhood Asthma – Symptom, Causes and Treatment
A study was conducted on Indoor Air Pollution & Asthma in children in Delhi, A total of 3104 children were examined of which 60.3% were male and 39.7% were females. 32.4% children were exposed to environmental tobacco smoke. 31.5 % children's families were using biomass fuels for cooking. History of respiratory symptoms included cough (43.9%), phlegm production (21.9%), shortness of breath (19.3%) and wheezing (14.0%). 7.9% children were diagnosed as having asthma, which was highest in industrial areas (11.8%), followed by residential (7.5%) and village areas (3.9%). The mean indoor SO₂, NO₂ and SPM levels were 4.28 ± 4.61 mg/m³, 26.70 ± 17.72 mg/m³ and 722.0 ± 457.6 mg/m³ respectively. The above statistics conclude the seriousness of Asthma in children in a metropolis like Delhi which is highly alarming. What is Asthma? Asthma is a condition that can happen at any age group, during an asthma attack the tubes that carry the air become swollen, and then squeezed to make ext