It's hard to tell whether your child will grow out of asthma, but up to 75 percent of children with asthma do.

 

 

 

 

 

Source:
Kelly WJ, Hudson I, Phelan PD, et al.
Childhood asthma in adult life: a further study at 28 years of age.
BMJ Clinical Research Edition. 1987; 294: 1059-1062.

 

 

 

 

 

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Babies who are wheezy also have a good chance of growing out of it. As their lungs grow, the wheezy episodes may simply disappear.

Girls with asthma, children with severe asthma and children who have relatives with allergic diseases, such as eczema and hay fever, are at greater risk of having asthma as an adult.

 

 

 

 

 

Source:
Strachan D, Gerritsen J.
Long-term outcome of early childhood wheezing: population data.
European Respiratory Journal. 1996; 21 (supplement): 42-47.

 

 

 

 

 

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A bad asthma attack may mean your child needs treatment in the hospital. But it's very rare for children to die from asthma in the United States.

 

 

 

 

 

Source:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Surveillance for asthma: United States, 1960-1995.
April 1998. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/ss/ss4701.pdf (accessed on 9 May 2008).

 

 

 

 

 

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Asthma doesn't usually stop children from taking part in everyday activities, such as playing outdoors and doing sports.

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