PREVALENCE OF ASTHMA AMONG PREGNANT FEMALES OF NORTH WEST RAJASTHAN:A TERTIARY CENTRE BASED STUDY

Dr.Parvez Khan Sameja; Dr.Akhil Gupta

Volume : VII, Issue : I, January - 2018

PREVALENCE OF ASTHMA AMONG PREGNANT FEMALES OF NORTH WEST RAJASTHAN:A TERTIARY CENTRE BASED STUDY

Dr. Parvez Khan Sameja, Dr. Akhil Gupta

Abstract :

Asthma is a common problem all around the world with variable prevalence ranging from 1% – 18% in different age and geographical distribution. Pregnancy is a physiological state experienced by most of women in their reproductive age, due to high prevalence of asthma in general population it seems, that a fair number of pregnant women will suffer from asthma. This study was carried out in Respiratory Division, Department of Medicine and the Antenatal clinic in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at the PBM Group of Hospitals Associated to S.P. Medical College, Bikaner. Out of the 2400 pregnant women screened with the questionnaire, 70 pregnant women were declared positive by this questionnaire, 52 were clinically diagnosed as asthma. The prevalence of asthma is derived as 2.1%.