IngentaConnect Difficult asthma: possible association with rhinosinusitis

Authors: Peroni, D. G.; Piacentini, G. L.; Ceravolo, R.; Boner, A. L.

Source: Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Volume 18, Supplement 18, November 2007 , pp. 25-27(3)

Abstract:

Peroni DG, Piacentini GL, Ceravolo R, Boner AL. Difficult asthma: possible association with rhinosinusitis.

Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2007: 18 (Suppl. 18): 25-27.

Difficult asthma is rare in childhood; when child's asthma is difficult to control, review of the diagnosis and evaluation of the different risk factors for exacerbations are recommended. The relationship between rhinosinusitis and bronchial asthma is provided by epidemiologic data. Doubts persist as to whether rhinosinusitis worsens asthma, or whether these are manifestations in different parts of the respiratory tract of the same underlying disease process. However, nasal sinus disease may contribute to less control in asthma, and patients with severe asthma appear to have the most prominent abnormalities on computed tomography scanning of the paranasal sinuses. From a pathogenetic point of view, many inflammatory mediators and the cellular infiltrate are often the same in the two entities, with a relevant role probably played by eosinophils. Antibiotic treatment of chronic sinus disease in asthmatic children may improve subjective asthmatic symptoms, lung function, and decrease bronchial hyperreactivity. Scientific evidence confirms that there may be an association between asthma and sinusitis even in childhood asthma: this could be relevant for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.

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