
It is very common in asthmatic children where overprotective parents prevent a normal level of exercise to their kids. However, a controlled sport appropriate to the course of their disease is very healthy.
Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by variable bronchial obstruction and reversible, either spontaneously or with treatment, (more…)

Up to 85% of asthmatics patients have symptoms of wheezing during or after exercise. Moreover, many patients diagnosed with allergies or asthma have family allergy history and bronchospasm. Bronchospasm or a bronchial spasm is a sudden constriction of the muscles in the walls of the bronchioles. Bronchospasm is one of the condition or tightness of the airways caused by exercise. (more…)

Sulfur Dioxide
The effects of SO2 have been extensively reviewed. Total emergency room visits for respiratory problems and increased hospital admission rates have been linked with increased ambient exposure to SO2. In children, decreased lung function has been linked to increases in ambient sulfur dioxide levels and the likelihood (more…)