Pre-asthma: a Useful Concept for Prevention and Disease-modification? A EUFOREA Paper. Part 1-allergic Asthma

Overview

Journal Front Allergy

Specialty Allergy & Immunology

Date 2024 Feb 14

PMID 38352244

Authors

G K Scadding

M McDonald

V Backer

G Scadding

M Bernal-Sprekelsen

D M Conti

E De Corso

Z Diamant

C Gray

C Hopkins

M Jesenak

P Johansen

J Kappen

J Mullol

D Price

S Quirce

S Reitsma

S Salmi

B Senior

J P Thyssen

U Wahn

P W Hellings

Affiliations

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Abstract

Asthma, which affects some 300 million people worldwide and caused 455,000 deaths in 2019, is a significant burden to suffers and to society. It is the most common chronic disease in children and represents one of the major causes for years lived with disability. Significant efforts are made by organizations such as WHO in improving the diagnosis, treatment and monitoring of asthma. However asthma prevention has been less studied. Currently there is a concept of pre- diabetes which allows a reduction in full blown diabetes if diet and exercise are undertaken. Similar predictive states are found in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. In this paper we explore the possibilities for asthma prevention, both at population level and also investigate the possibility of defining a state of pre-asthma, in which intensive treatment could reduce progression to asthma. Since asthma is a heterogeneous condition, this paper is concerned with allergic asthma. A subsequent one will deal with late onset eosinophilic asthma.

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