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Asthma is usually diagnosed in childhood. The risk factors for asthma include: | Asthma is usually diagnosed in childhood. The risk factors for asthma include: | ||
*Personal or family history of asthma or [[atopy]] | *Personal or family history of asthma or [[atopy]] | ||
*Triggers | *Triggers such as smoke, dust, pollen, emotional stress and consumption of milk, peanuts, or eggs | ||
*[[Premature birth]] or [[low birth weight]] | *[[Premature birth]] or [[low birth weight]] | ||
*Viral respiratory infection in early childhood | *Viral respiratory infection in early childhood | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Philip Marcus, M.D., M.P.H. [2]
Risk Factors
Asthma is usually diagnosed in childhood. The risk factors for asthma include:
- Personal or family history of asthma or atopy
- Triggers such as smoke, dust, pollen, emotional stress and consumption of milk, peanuts, or eggs
- Premature birth or low birth weight
- Viral respiratory infection in early childhood
- Maternal smoking
- Being male, for asthma in prepubertal children
- Being female, for persistence of asthma into adulthood.
There is a reduced occurrence of asthma in people who were breast-fed as babies.