Eczema with asthma: figures and prospects

Eczema with asthma: figures and prospects
It is often said that asthma and eczema are two expressions of the same disease. It is undoubtedly true. But all eczemas will not give asthmas. And asthma can occur without to be preceded by eczema.

Asthma can appear by crises, but also by other symptoms:

Night cough or of the morning, cough to the effort;
Intermittent whistles;
Crises of sneezes of the morning.
Who is likely to be asthmatic?
A child on five reached eczema atopic will make asthma. The boy is more often concerned than the girl. 

The family investigation measures the risk.
20% maximum of risk if nobody is touched in the family;
45% if a relative is allergic;
55% if the two parents are reached;
75% if it is about the same allergy for the parents.
The knowledge of heredity makes it possible to envisage and prevent a good half of the passages to asthma.

The probability is stronger if eczema appeared very early, before two years.

The family nicotinism increases this probability. The exposure to the allergens: acarina, hairs of animals, moulds or food. Among these patients, the bronchi have an exaggerated reactivity, even in the absence of asthma attacks.

Of the cellar to the attic, some preventive measures will enable you to limit the allergic demonstrations and the crises.

Medicamentous prevention
The children reached of eczema can profit from a preventive medication. Preventive administration of anti-allergic substances reduced of more than half the risk of occurred of an asthma.