Bronchial asthma in children in the practice of a family doctor

Abstract

The objective: substantiation of the most significant risk factors for the development of bronchial asthma (BA) in children living in Kiev and the Ternopil region.Materials and methods. Descriptive and analytical methods of epidemiological study of the influence of a complex of factors on public health were used. One of the stages of identifying the risk of allergic respiratory diseases and asthma in children is a screening survey that covered 657 children aged 3 to 14 years, residents of Kiev and Ternopil region. Two qualitatively different groups of the children's population were examined: with allergic diseases of respiratory organs and clinically healthy ones.Results. As a result of the study, it was proved that the technique developed for practical investigation of the risk groups for the development of allergic respiratory diseases, in particular asthma, in children, can be used in healthcare institutions for the timely detection and prevention of this pathology.The conclusion. The most significant risk factors for the development of allergic respiratory diseases and bronchial asthma in children are complications of antenatal development, heredity, allergy to juices, manifestations of exudative catarrhal diathesis, the incidence of acute respiratory viral infection, concomitant pathology, spontaneous manifestations of choking in the middle of the night,