Asthma and allergic diseases in preschool children in Korea: findings from the pilot study of the Korean Surveillance System for Childhood Asthma

Abstract

The study indicated that genetic and some environmental or socioeconomic factors might be important in the development of asthma and allergic diseases among preschool children in Korea through the web-survey.

Indoor total volatile organic compounds exposure at 6 months followed by atopic dermatitis at 3 years in children

“…An ISSAC study of elementary school students in Korea showed that the prevalence of atopic dermatitis ever diagnosed by a doctor was 35.6% in 2010 . The rate of atopic dermatitis in preschool children was 35.9% . The prevalence of atopic dermatitis in our study was 29.0% in the total cohort of children; in this TVOCs study, the prevalence rate was 30.3% with no differences in prevalence among the three regions.…”

Epidemiology of childhood asthma in mainland China (1988‐2014): A meta-analysis

“…124 These results were definitely lower than that of some countries, such as the United States (current prevalence, 8.69%; lifetime prevalence, 12.06%), 129 Australia (current prevalence, 11.3%; lifetime prevalence, 31%), 130 Great Britain (current prevalence, 15.4%; lifetime prevalence, 27.3%), 131 and Korea (current prevalence, 7.4%). 132 We also estimated the prevalence of two types of asthma as follows: typical asthma (current, 1.843%; lifetime: 2.739%) and CVA (current, 0.272%; lifetime: 0.226%). Particularly, an erroneous diagnosis and a missed diagnosis happen frequently in cough-variant asthma.…”

Prevalencia de la infección por Mycoplasma pneumoniae en pacientes pediátricos con exacerbación aguda del asma

“…Igualmente, se ha citado la relación existente entre los pacientes atópicos que sufren infección por MP; esta combinación puede contribuir tanto en el desarrollo precoz del asma como su mantenimiento en la vida adulta. 24,25 Los pacientes con asma de diagnóstico reciente (< 1 año de diagnosticada) o en los cuales el diagnóstico fue hace más tiempo (> 3 años de diagnosticada) no mostraron diferencias.…”