Volume : III, Issue : IV, April - 2014

Evaluation of Asthma in Children with Tonsillitis

Dr. Rameez Shah

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Chronic tonsillitis and childhood asthma, both are common childhood diseases, and it’s not surprising to think of an association between the two by otolaryngologists treating chronic tonsillitis in children. A total of 500 children, aged 4-17 years, either reporting to OPD, Dept of Otolaryngology, or admitted in the Dept of Otolaryngology, during the period July’2011 and December’2012 were surveyed using the ISAAC questionnaire; and tonsils were evaluated by physical examination. A total of 446 questionnaires were completed giving an overall response rate of 89.2%. The prevalence of lifetime wheezing, 12-month wheezing and lifetime doctor-diagnosed asthma were 16.4%, 6.2% and 1.7%, respectively. The prevalence of frequent tonsillitis and tonsillar hypertrophy were 19.9% and 3.4%, respectively. Tonsillar hypertrophy was positively correlated with a history of frequent tonsillitis. Frequent tonsillitis and tonsillar hypertrophy could be evaluated as risk factors for asthma due to their significant association with asthma-related symptoms. And thus, it is expected that this study would be a suitable baseline source for future trends on the prevalence, diagnoses and severity of asthma among 4-17 year old children.

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Dr. Rameez Shah Evaluation of Asthma in Children with Tonsillitis International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.III, Issue. IV Apr 2014

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