Pediatric athletic asthmatics.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2008
Identifier
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-008-0091-x
Abstract
The main goals of this review are to help the reader to recognize the common symptoms and signs of exercise-induced asthma and the common objective tests used to confirm or rule out the diagnosis and to understand that different forms and intensities of exercise have different asthmagenicity. The review also aims to help the reader to recognize some of the theories of exercise-induced asthma's pathogenesis, to recognize management strategies (including medications), and to be able to identify medications placed on the 2008 prohibited list by the World Anti-Doping Agency and their therapeutic exemptions. It is also important to understand that respiratory symptoms associated with exercise are not necessarily asthma and that through safe participation in physical exercise, athletic asthmatics can excel in competitive sports.
Journal Title
Current allergy and asthma reports
Volume
8
Issue
6
First Page
500
Last Page
504
MeSH Keywords
Asthma, Exercise-Induced; Child; Child, Preschool; Doping in Sports; Female; Humans; Male; Sports
Keywords
Exercised-Induced Asthma; Doping in Sports; Sports
Recommended Citation
Carver TW Jr. Pediatric athletic asthmatics. Curr Allergy Asthma Rep. 2008;8(6):500-504. doi:10.1007/s11882-008-0091-x