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[Seasonality in asthma: Impact and treatments].
- Source :
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Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983) [Presse Med] 2016 Nov; Vol. 45 (11), pp. 1005-1018. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Mar 30. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- The role of seasons should be taken into account in the management of asthma. The environment varies between seasons and it is well documented that asthma is modulated by environment. Viruses cause asthma exacerbations peak, in winter, in adults while the peak is present in September in children. Allergens are probably a less powerful source of asthma exacerbation than viruses but pollen involvement in spring and summer and dust mites in autumn are indisputable. Air pollutants, present in summer during the hottest periods, are also highly involved in asthma exacerbations. Indoor air pollution, in winter, is also implicated in asthma disease. All these environmental factors are synergistic and increase the risk of asthma exacerbation. Therapies should be adapted to each season depending on environmental factors potentially involved in the asthma disease.<br /> (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Adult
Animals
Asthma etiology
Child
Common Cold complications
Common Cold drug therapy
Common Cold epidemiology
Humans
Mites
Respiratory Hypersensitivity complications
Respiratory Hypersensitivity drug therapy
Respiratory Hypersensitivity epidemiology
Respiratory Tract Infections complications
Respiratory Tract Infections drug therapy
Respiratory Tract Infections epidemiology
Rhinovirus
Risk Factors
Asthma drug therapy
Asthma epidemiology
Seasons
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- French
- ISSN :
- 2213-0276
- Volume :
- 45
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 27039335
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lpm.2016.01.019