Yolsal Guner Emel, Yazicioglu Mehtap, Ture Mevlut, Kurt Imran
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey.
Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol. 2007 Jun-Sep;25(2-3):111-9.
Allergic diseases generally begin early during childhood, but a late diagnosis is common. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of asthma and asthma-related symptoms among kindergarten children in Edirne, Turkey. 873 subjects based on a modified ISAAC questionnaire were included. The prevalence of 'wheezing ever' and 'wheezing during the previous year' was 23.3% and 8.6%, respectively. Prior physician diagnoses existed for 36 of 873 (4.1%) children. The prevalence of children undiagnosed with asthma, but reporting asthma-related symptoms was 3.1%, 51.9% of which had previous beta-agonist prescriptions. However, none of these children received inhaled anti-inflammatory medications. In conclusion, it was found that a large population of preschool children had undiagnosed respiratory symptoms suggestive of asthma. Conducting simple surveys of young children is particularly important, as identification of asthma early in the disease course will facilitate effective prevention and treatment.
过敏性疾病通常在儿童早期发病，但晚期诊断很常见。本研究旨在评估土耳其埃迪尔内幼儿园儿童哮喘及哮喘相关症状的患病率。基于改良的国际儿童哮喘和过敏研究（ISAAC）问卷纳入了873名受试者。“曾经喘息”和“过去一年喘息”的患病率分别为23.3%和8.6%。873名儿童中有36名（4.1%）曾有医生诊断。未被诊断为哮喘但报告有哮喘相关症状的儿童患病率为3.1%，其中51.9%曾有β-受体激动剂处方。然而，这些儿童均未接受吸入性抗炎药物治疗。总之，发现大量学龄前儿童有未被诊断的提示哮喘的呼吸道症状。对幼儿进行简单调查尤为重要，因为在疾病早期识别哮喘将有助于有效预防和治疗。
