Review of and Reflections on the Current Status of Childhood Asthma Diagnosis and Treatment in China

HONG Jian-guo

Abstract

Over the last decades, the overall prevalence of childhood asthma in China has been on the rise, and the level of diagnosis and treatment of asthma has also shown significant improvement. However, the overall control of childhood asthma in China has not yet reached the ideal level. The main causes are as follows: due to high social pressure and other factors, the accurate diagnosis of childhood asthma by clinicians is still insufficient; clinicians do not have sufficient understanding of environmental pollution and other controllable factors that may affect the rising prevalence of childhood asthma and poor asthma control; the standardization of clinical asthma treatment needs to be further improved. Clinicians should improve their understanding of childhood asthma, formulate therapeutic regimes based on the guidelines, and constantly improve the management of childhood asthma.

 

Keywords: Childhood, Asthma, Management

 

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