Impact of Asthma Management Guidelines on Children having Asthma

Abstract

Asthma is a major cause of chronic morbidity and mortality throughout the world, especially in children. Asthma causes more hospital stays than any other childhood disease. It is treatable, but not yet curable. Asthma is not the same as allergies, but allergies cause asthma, asthma can be life-threatening if it is not controlled. Barriers to reducing the burden of asthma include generic barriers like poverty, poor disease education, poor health services and environmental barriers like indoor and outdoor air pollution. Mothers play pivotal role in the child adjustment to the illness, especially children who suffer from severe episodic manifestations of asthma have been found to experience increased amounts of stress and anxiety over their illness and have difficulty in maintaining a sense of well-being. Bronchial asthma is the most common chronic disease of childhood. Asthma constitutes a serious public health problem all over the world. The optimal asthma control would include minimal chronic symptoms, minimal exacerbations, and no limitation of activities. Aim of the Study: This study aimed to assess impact of asthma management guidelines on children having asthma