TEMA: qualidade de vida em pacientes com doenças respiratórias. OBJETIVO: rever a literatura enfocando o impacto da asma, da rinite alérgica e da respiração oral na qualidade de vida do paciente, as relações entre essas morbidades e medidas que possam diminuir esse impacto. CONCLUSÃO: há consenso na literatura de que existe inter-relação dessas co-morbidades. O impacto da asma, rinite alérgica e respiração oral afetam diretamente a qualidade de vida do indivíduo não só pela alteração respiratória, mas, também pelos prejuízos comportamentais, funcionais e físicos que ocasionam. O controle dessas morbidades é um tema usual na literatura. Novas propostas terapêuticas englobam o envolvimento de equipes multiprofissionais. Há programas de saúde estruturados com essa visão e objetivam não só melhorar a condição respiratória, mas, também propõem medidas que analisam a qualidade de vida e possibilitam avaliação global do paciente.

Purpose To analyze the association between ankyloglossia and breastfeeding. Methods A cross-sectional study was undertaken on 130 newborn infants in exclusive breastfeeding with Apgar score ≥ 8 within the first five days of life. The research was approved by the Ethics Committee on Human Research. The data collection was performed by the researcher and by three trained speech therapists of the team. The protocols applied were the Neonatal Tongue Screening Test from the Lingual Frenulum Protocol for Infants, the UNICEF Breastfeeding Observation Aid, and the collection of maternal complaints related to the difficulty in breastfeeding was also considered. The data were submitted to statistical analysis – chi-square test and Fisher’s exact test, with a significance level of 5%. Results When correlating the data, the statistical analysis revealed an association between ankyloglossia and the items of suckling category of the Breastfeeding Observation Aid. The association between complaint of difficulty in breastfeeding and ankyloglossia was also seen. Conclusion On the first days of life, ankyloglossia is associated with the mother’s breastfeeding complaint and with the newborn’s sucking difficulty.

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Objective: To determine the impact of speech therapy on asthma and allergic rhinitis control in mouth breathing children and adolescents.Methods: This was a quasi-experimental randomized study of 24 mouth breathing patients with asthma and allergic rhinitis, aged from 6 to 15 years. All patients were taking beclomethasone diproprionate through oral inhalation at the start of the study. At enrollment on the study, oral inhalation was substituted with exclusively nasal inhalation and 1 month later half of the patients began speech therapy. They attended 16 speech therapy sessions in 8 weeks and continued taking beclomethasone dipropionate through exclusively nasal inhalation (BDT group). The comparison group received only beclomethasone diproprionate through exclusively nasal inhalation (BDI group). Both groups were assessed five times. Clinical scores were calculated for allergic rhinitis and asthma, an adapted version of the Marchesan orofacial myofunctional assessment protocol was applied, and parents/guardians' observations were recorded, in addition to spirometry measurements of peak inspiratory and peak expiratory flow.Results: There were significant improvements in the BDT group: clinical asthma score at T5 (p = 0.046); peak inspiratory flow at T4 (p = 0.030); peak expiratory flow at T3 (p = 0.008); breathing mode and lip position (p = 0.000) from T3 onwards; and parents/guardians' observations at T2, T4, and T5 (p = 0.010; p = 0.027; p = 0.030).Conclusions: Speech therapy in combination with beclomethasone diproprionate through exclusively nasal inhalation resulted in earlier and longer-lasting clinical and functional control of asthma, allergic rhinitis, and mouth breathing than was achieved in the group that only took beclomethasone diproprionate. The efficacy of treating allergic rhinitis when it is associated with asthma has been widely documented. 5 Recovery of upper airway function contributes to asthma control. 5 For allergic patients and mouth breathers, the objective of speech therapy is to reestablish breathing through the No conflicts of interest declared concerning the publication of this article.Suggested citation: Campanha SM, Fontes MJ, Camargos PA, Freire LM. The impact of speech therapy on asthma and allergic rhinitis control in mouth breathing children and adolescents.

OBJETIVO: avaliar a presença de dispnéia durante atividades físicas, de fala e sua associação. MÉTODO: a população alvo foi composta de 24 indivíduos com diagnóstico médico prévio de asma, rinite alérgica e respiração oral, onde aplicou-se oralmente em cada individuo o Questionário de Dispnéia traduzido por Cukier (1998), composto por 30 questões que permitiu a quantificação da dispnéia em atividades de fala, físicas e associadas. RESULTADOS: pela análise do questionário verificou-se maior freqüência da dispnéia durante a realização das atividades físicas associadas à fala, seguidas das atividades físicas isoladas e depois associadas as atividades de fala. CONCLUSÕES: as maiores queixas respiratórias foram encontradas nas atividades físicas associadas à fala, seguidas das atividades físicas isoladas. Já nas atividades comunicativas, apenas as atividades que exigiam maior intensidade vocal foram relatadas como dificultosas por alguns indivíduos.