Prevalence of Bronchial Asthma among Primary School Children | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||
| Article 155, Volume 88, Issue 1, July 2022, Pages 3256-3261 PDF (516.15 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2022.247135 | ||
| Author | ||
| Moustafa Gamal Amin Ghonem* | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Asthma the most common chronic condition among children is operationally defined as "recurrent wheezing and or persistent coughing in a setting where asthma is likely and other rare condition have been excluded. Bronchial asthma is prevalent worldwide, especially in developed countries where its prevalence is increasing to epidemic proportions. Objectives: This study aimed to assess the prevalence of bronchial asthma among primary school children. Patients and Methods: This study was carried out on 2763 children that consisted of a representative sample of children attending eight primary schools in El Menoufiya Governorate. Four schools of them are located inside Shebin El Koum city the capital of the governorate. The other four schools are located in villages around the capital. Children were screened for chest symptoms by a questionnaire. Results: Clinical presentation of asthmatic children as cough, wheezes, dyspnea and chest tightness were the most common presenting symptoms. Also, rhinitis was the most common allergic condition that was associated with asthmatic children. Viral upper respiratory tract infection and environmental changes were the most common exacerbating factors while drugs and emotion were the least ones. Conclusion: This work highlighted on the prevalence of childhood bronchial asthma among primary school children in El-Menoufia governorate, with overall point prevalence of 6.5 %, which showed significant increase during the last 20 years as by comparing the result of our study to the result of same study in 20 years ago, which reported that the prevalence of bronchial asthma in primary school children in Menoufiya governorate was 2.2 % , as the prevalence increased by 4.3 % (Triple times) during this period. This explain the magnitude of the problem of bronchial asthma in our community. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Bronchial asthma; Primary school children; Wheezing; Persistent coughing | ||
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