Abstract
Asthma, which affects some 300 million people worldwide and caused 455,000 deaths in 2019, is a significant burden to suffers and to society. It is the most common chronic disease in children and represents one of the major causes for years lived with disability. Significant efforts are made by organizations such as WHO in improving the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of asthma. However asthma prevention has been less studied. Currently there is a concept of pre- diabetes which allows a reduction in full blown diabetes if diet and exercise are undertaken. Similar predictive states are found in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. In this paper we explore the possibilities for asthma prevention, both at population level and also investigate the possibility of defining a state of pre-asthma, in which intensive treatment could reduce progression to asthma. Since asthma is a heterogeneous condition, this paper is concerned with allergic asthma. A subsequent one will deal with late onset eosinophilic asthma.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 1291185 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Frontiers in Allergy |
Volume | 4 |
Early online date | 30 Jan 2024 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 30 Jan 2024 |
Bibliographical note
FundingThe author(s) declare that no financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Data Availability Statement
The raw data supporting the conclusions of this article will be made available by the authors, without undue reservation.Keywords
- pre-asthma
- asthma
- quality of life
- asthma natural history
- predisposition
- risk factors