Author/Editor		Maček, Vasilija
Title		Astma pri otroku
Translated title		Childhood asthma
Type		članek
Source		Med Razgl
Vol. and No.		Letnik 41, št. Suppl 1
Publication year		2002
Volume		str. 147-51
Language		slo
Abstract		Asthma is the most frequent chronic childhood disease. According to a recently conducted study in Slovenia, 14% of children in the first grade of primary school have asthma. In 80% of patients, asthma starts before the age of three. In this age group, however, asthma is not the commonest cause of wheezing. Only about one-third of children younger than three years with recurrent wheezing episodes have asthma. Correct diagnosis in infants and toddlers is not easy because objective measurements of lung function are not as easily accessible as in older children and adults. The right diagnosis, however, must be done as soon as possible, since early intervention with anti-inflammatory treatment enables normal lung development, lowers the risk of exacerbations and improves the quality of children's lives.
Summary		Astma je najpogostejša kronična bolezen pri otrocih. V Sloveniji ima po nedavno narejeni raziskavi astmo skoraj 14% prvošolcev. Bolezen se v 80% pojavi že pred tretjim letom starosti. Kljub temu pri otrocih do 3. leta starosti astma ni najpogostejši vzrok za piskanje v prsnem košu. Z enako klinično sliko potekajo tudi nekatere druge bolezni in le tretjina otrok, mlajših od treh let, s ponavljajočimi se epizodami zapore v spodnjih dihalih, ima res astmo. Prava diagnoza je pri majhnem otroku pogosto trd oreh, saj si ne moremo pomagati z meritvami pljučne funkcije kot pri starejših otrocih in odraslih. Diagnozo pa je vendarle treba postaviti čim prej, saj pravočasna uvedba protivnetnega zdravljenja izboljša kvaliteto otrokovega življenja, zmanjša možnost poslabšanj bolezni in omogoči normalno rast pljučne funkcije.
Descriptors		ASTHMA CHILD DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL