Good family bond can help manage childhood asthma: study
| Jul 23, 2019, 16:52 IST
India has around 15 to 20 million patients of asthma right now. These statistics were provided by the World Health Organisation. It also stated that more than 300 million people worldwide were suffering from the condition last year. These statistics were provided in the Global Asthma Report 2018. But there are more scary statistics to be revealed. Aside from asthma, patients of lung cancer are also increasing by the day. Lung cancer affects children more than it does affect adults. The triggers for asthma attacks in children are different allergens dust mites, cold, airborne pollen, physical activity, weather change, exposure to tobacco smoke, pets, pollution, etc. So, the best way to prevent its onset is to keep your little bundle of joy away from these allergens. The tender lungs and airways of kids are easily inflamed. Help your kids cope with the condition.`
A new study in the journal, Paediatrics says better relationships among family members can be beneficial in the management of childhood asthma. For the research, the research team looked at the Google street view of the neighbourhoods of the research participants to indicate the level of neighbourhood danger and disorder that a particular participant is likely to experience daily. After interviewing the ever subject about their family relationships, they found a significant association between neighbourhood conditions and quality of a family relationship, in predicting clinical asthma outcomes. Kids who had better family bonding and were living in a neighbourhood that was higher in asthma danger showed fewer asthma symptoms and better pulmonary condition. When those children shifted to a place where the asthma danger was less, their pulmonary condition and asthma symptoms were controlled and had no relationship with the nature of their family relationship. Well, the exact cause behind these findings is unknown.
A new study in the journal, Paediatrics says better relationships among family members can be beneficial in the management of childhood asthma. For the research, the research team looked at the Google street view of the neighbourhoods of the research participants to indicate the level of neighbourhood danger and disorder that a particular participant is likely to experience daily. After interviewing the ever subject about their family relationships, they found a significant association between neighbourhood conditions and quality of a family relationship, in predicting clinical asthma outcomes. Kids who had better family bonding and were living in a neighbourhood that was higher in asthma danger showed fewer asthma symptoms and better pulmonary condition. When those children shifted to a place where the asthma danger was less, their pulmonary condition and asthma symptoms were controlled and had no relationship with the nature of their family relationship. Well, the exact cause behind these findings is unknown.